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BEREA — Myles Garrett was back on the practice field Friday. Just as the Browns' All-Pro defensive end said would be the case.

Garrett also plans on being on the field Sunday when the Browns play host to the New York Giants, just as he said would be the case. He just didn't say he'd be at 100% for either of those, thanks to a foot injury that has bothered him all season.

"I mean I guess we'll see when we get there," Garrett said Friday. "Don't feel 100% but feel good enough to go out there and make a difference. So we'll go out there and do that."

Garrett did not practice on either Wednesday or Thursday as the Browns (1-1) prepared for the winless Giants. He was back on the field Friday and given no injury designation, meaning he's expecting to play.

The exact nature of the foot injury remains something Garrett will only give hints to since it first became public last week, although it may be “feet” and not just “foot” that he’s dealing with. He insinuated on Friday that the issue may have something to do with the double foot surgery he had as a child.

Garrett's mom, Audrey, told Cleveland.com in a 2021 interview that he had arches put in his feet and a tendon "snipped' that was too tight when he was a pre-teen. He had been born, she said in the interview, with no arches and with collapsed bones in his feet.

"Hmm, something like that," Garrett acknowledged when asked if they were related Friday. "Not completely, but it probably has something to do with it from those events."

Garrett has played 89 combined defensive snaps over the first two games against the Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars. He's recorded strip sacks of both Dallas' Dak Prescott and Jacksonville's Trevor Lawrence in the first two games.

The NFL's reigning Defensive Player of the Year, according to Pro Football Focus, has been credited with six total pressures in two games. Beyond the two sacks, he's also had four hurries on 89 total defensive snaps this season.

There have been signs of the foot issue when Garrett has come out of the game. He was seen on multiple occasions in Jacksonville on one knee, rubbing his foot.

Garrett didn't deny that surgery was something mentioned, and could be again. It's all about pain management for now.

"We talked about (surgery), but that's something that we'll probably talk about further down the line," Garrett said. "Hopefully the pain and everything else is something that we deal with and it goes away. But the issue itself is something that I'll probably have to deal with for however long I end up playing. So it's just about managing that and playing through it."

The practice schedule Garrett's followed this week heading into the Giants game has been part of "playing through it." The previous week, the only day he didn't practice was Thursday.

This week, after the foot injury became public knowledge, Garrett was held out both Wednesday and Thursday. It was both for pain tolerance and to limit any potential for adding to his issues.

"It's just trying to get it as well as I can, really try to lower the amount of inflammation and manage the pain until Friday," Garrett said. "And then definitely got to get some reps and some high-speed reps on my legs, get some running in so that I don't have to worry about anything else like soft-tissue injuries, hamstring or anything like that. So just trying to take really the high-speed load off until Friday and then see how it feels, see how well I can go. Feels good, lock and load, let's go. But until then we're letting it ride."

Garrett's only missed one game due to injury over the last three seasons, that being a Week 4 game at the Atlanta Falcons in 2022 after he suffered shoulder and biceps injuries in a car accident. Prior to that, he missed two games due to COVID in 2020 and the first four games of his rookie season in 2017 due to an training camp ankle injury, as well as a game later that season due to a concussion.

There were five games missed in 2019 due to a suspension for hitting Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph on the head with a helmet. The only other game he missed was the regular-season finale last season at the Cincinnati Bengals when head coach Kevin Stefanski elected to rest virtually all of his starters for the playoffs.

Garrett doesn't envision adding to that list on Sunday. However, it's also a balancing act between getting an extra snap or two off compared to the adrenaline boost he gets from playing that actually helps ease the pain.

"The warmer I get and the more reps I get, it starts to feel more comfortable and then once you start to sit for a little bit in those lulls, then it kind of gets cold and things of that nature," Garrett said. "So it definitely helps to where I'm not taking too many plays at a time and that's just better on my body for the long term. But it's also good to be out there for a little bit and to make sure I get warmed up and I feel like I can move."

Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on X at @ceasterlingABJ

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