![]() “Physically I’m still dealing with some of the injuries that came along with it, but it’s really just a blur, it all happened pretty fast. “I think emotionally I’m pretty grounded with everything, I’ve put it behind me,” Garrett said. The accident destroyed Garrett’s car and left him along with many of his teammates shaken. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected, the highway patrol said in its post-crash report. Garrett told officers he thought was going 65 mph in a 45 mph zone before going off the hilly road near his home in Wadsworth, Ohio. “So it was very calming for me to know that they were OK.” “That was a big sigh of relief for me because I was the one who put us in danger,” Garrett said. The 23-year-old female with Garrett also suffered minor injuries and was treated at a hospital. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the 26-year-old Garrett was traveling at an “unsafe speed” when his 2021 Porsche Turbo S went off the road, veered into a ditch and hit a fire hydrant before rolling several times. “But that’s just a decision we’ll make closer to game time.” Physically we have to assess that going up to the game, today, tomorrow and on Sunday. That’s just my competitive spirit and my nature. “If it were up to me, I would love to go. “That’s up to the training staff and the coaches,” he said. He’s still a little sore,but feeling better and said he’d like to face the Falcons. Garrett cleared concussion protocol following the accident. ![]() The Browns leave for Georgia on Saturday. “With what I saw, the pictures (of his car), I think 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 that was around me and just keep me locked in and keep me focused on taking it day by day,” he said.ĭespite his injuries, and not practicing for the past three days, Garrett is being listed by the Browns (2-1) as questionable for Sunday’s road game against the Atlanta Falcons (1-2).Ĭoach Kevin Stefanski said the Browns’ medical staff will see how Garrett responds to rest and treatment over the next two days before deciding on whether he’ll play. If not for wearing seatbelts, Garrett said, both he and a female passenger probably would not have walked away from the crash. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Rusty Jones Previous Next Carolina Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield passes under pressure from Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett during the second half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Sept.
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