CLEVELAND, Ohio — Almost three years after Myles Garrett flipped his Porsche 911 multiple times when he was speeding and swerved to avoid an animal, he was cited for speeding once again in the Cleveland area.
Garrett was cited by Strongsville police for going 100 mph in a 60 mph zone, according to Strongsville police records. He was given a $250 ticket, which he can pay without appearing in court. The Browns had just landed home from their preseason game in Carolina, and Garrett was presumably on his way home.
It’s the eighth time Garrett has been cited for speeding here since he was drafted No. 1 overall in 2017, including twice on back-to-back days in September of 2021 when he was going 120 and 99 in a 70 mph zone.
The Browns are aware of the incident and will address it in Philadelphia this week, where they’re participating in two joint practices against the Eagles on Wednesday and Thursday, and the playing in the preseason game there on Saturday afternoon.
The tickets come two months after Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders was cited twice for speeding here in the span of 12 days, once for going 91 in a 65, and once for going 101 in a 60 before paying his first ticket.
The Browns admonished Sanders for the double transgression.
“Not smart, just not smart, and it’s something that we’ve addressed with him,” Browns GM Andrew Berry said on the second day of Browns training camp. “He understands the implications, he understands the consequences. I think the thing is it’s not just about yourself. It’s not just about having a joy ride, it’s not just about driving a car really fast, but it’s about the fact that you can endanger other people. It’s about the fact that if a deer or someone cuts out in front of you, like your reaction time. It’s just dangerous and it’s not something that we want our guys to be doing. It’s not something that they should be doing.”
He added, “the No. 1 reason is because we don’t want some type of catastrophic accident,” Berry said. “We saw that two years ago when — what was it? Dallas or Houston — with a player, and in that incident everybody was lucky to walk away. We don’t want that occurring with anyone in our organization.”
Garrett’s eighth speeding ticket here follows his vow to slow down after he and a passenger could’ve lost their lives in the Porsche flip had they not been wearing their seatbelts, according to police.
“This will be definitely a wake-up call for me, just try to be smart overall with driving,” Garrett said in September of 2022 days after the crash. “Don’t take anything for granted. Be grateful that I’m still able to be here and just take my time.”
He suffered a sprained left shoulder, strained right biceps and cut right wrist as well as an eye injury when he flipped the car, several hours after practice on his way home to Medina. He also hit his head, but has been cleared of a concussion.
More so than anything, Garrett discovered just how precious life really is when he walked away from the horrific crash.
“Definitely grateful to be here with what I saw, the pictures,” he said. “It was a hell of an event and just grateful that not only am I alive, I was able to have so much of my family and the support system (to) keep me locked in and focused on taking it day-by-day.”
Judging from the mangled mess of metal that had been his beloved Porsche, Garrett knows how lucky he is.
“I definitely feel like I had a guardian angel,” Garrett said. “It was a very well-built car and I’ll miss it. I loved that car. But I had just a family member recently pass away who I know is watching over me and just joined his wife.
“I know that they’re very happy to see me come out of that car and be able to walk under my own power. It’s a blessing to have them watching over me now and being able to watch every game and I know they had something to do with us being able to get out of that car as safe and as healthy as we did.”
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