Myles Garrett spoke up ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, then defeated TJ Watt in the Browns’ 24-19 win.

“I have a lot of respect for him, a lot of respect for all the guys there,” Garrett said of Watt, via Cleveland.com. “But I’m number one. And that’s what I am, Edge 1, to Defensive Player of the Year. I’m the guy. I still am. There’s no other person who plays defense like I do, or makes plans or played against as I am.”

Garrett earned three sacks, all in the first half, three tackles for loss and a forced fumble. Entering Sunday’s games, he is the only player in the NFL this season with more than three sacks in multiple games.

Watt, meanwhile, was slowed by the conditions and the extra attention paid to the Cleveland offense. Watt had four tackles, one for loss, and no sacks or QB hits.

Garrett gave the pregame speech before the Browns upset the division.

“I just wanted to let everyone know the mission. It doesn’t change. Hell, no, this is divisional football. This is as classic a game as it gets. Browns-Steelers, Thursday night,” Garrett said after the game. game via the team’s official website. “You couldn’t ask for a better platform, a better time to show what you can do as an individual and as a team. So just step up, recognize the opportunity and seize it.”

Garrett became the seventh player with more than 10 sacks in at least seven consecutive seasons since sacks became an official statistic in 1982. He is the fourth player with more than 10 sacks in at least seven of his first eight seasons (Reggie White (8) , DeMarcus Ware (7), link-placeholder-0).

The win pushed the Browns to 3-8, and while they won’t be competing for a playoff spot, they have plenty of chances to play spoiler down the road. Of Cleveland’s last six games, five are against teams currently in playoff position, and the sixth is against a Miami club trying to get back into the postseason race.

Garrett and his teammates won’t tank.

“We want to win. We don’t play for any comfort, no choices. We want to go out there and put our foot on everyone’s throat. So we’re trying to carry this momentum throughout the season,” Garrett said. “But guys need to absorb this one, follow the 24-hour rule, watch the film, dump it and then move on to the next one.”

The Browns will face the Steelers again in sixteen days in Pittsburgh.