The addition of a 17th game to the NFL schedule doesn't give teams with playoff aspirations an extra week to gain ground. It also gives players an additional National Teams Jersey week to rack up regular-season stats.Everyone knew coming into the 2021 season that it single-season records could be in jeopardy. There have been 16 weeks in a season regularly since 1978, and just about every single-season record has been set during that time frame. With an additional game, it's only a matter of time till all the records are re-set once again.In particular, Michael Strahan's single-season sacks record at 22.5 from 2001 looks to be threatened this year by two AFC North defensive players. Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt has racked up the sacks, leading the league with 16despite mi sing a pair of games, and Browns defensive end Myles Garrett isn't far behind, just two back at 14 this year.Could either break the record? Sporting News takes a look.Though the unofficial record is 23, , Strahan resides at the top of the NFLsingle-season sacks record list with 22.5 in 2001. Twice since then, players have reached 22, but the record remains untouched.Here's how Watt and Garrett have looked so far this season in pursuit of the record.As things stand after Week 15, the closest to the record is Watt. Watt has 17.5sacks this season, despite having been limited to just 12games, Leeds United Jersey and he is already past his bye week. Pro Football Focus currently grades Watt with the and sets him at a tie for among players Sevilla Jersey with qualifying snap counts at 10.1.Here is who Watt has coming up the rest of the season.WeekTeamSacks Allowed16Chiefs25 (T-8th)87.2 (7th)17Browns34 (25th)86.6 (11th)18Ravens47 (32nd)85.5 (16th)Two of the teams Watt will face the Browns and Ravens he has already played in 2021. He tallied 1.5 sacks against the Browns in Week 8, and posted a season-best 3.5 sacks against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens in Week 13.The schedule would certainly seem to favor Watt to have a productive stretch. The Chiefs are the only team the Steelers face in the coming weeks that are above-average in both sacks allowed this season and pa s block efficiency. Watt would need 5.5 more sacks in three games to surpa s Strahan, which would be an average of 1.8per game. So far this season, he's averaged 1.6 per game, and he has Paris Saint-Germain Jersey just three games without a sack.If he should break the record, he would likely do so in 15 games, one fewer than Strahan in his record-setting season.Garrett is right behind Watt in the sacks category with 15, and also figures to find himself in the running for the sacks record. The Browns were on a bye last week, meaning he too has a full season ahead of him. He is listed as the , and he has the .This is the remaining schedule ahead for Garrett.WeekTeamSacks Allowed15Raiders31 (T-19th)82.5 (27th)16Packers26 (T-12th)86.1 (13th)17Steelers30 (T-17th)88.3 (3rd)18Bengals41 (30th)84.1 (23rd)Like Watt, Garrett has just one team Japan Jersey that is above average in both sacks allowed and pa s blocking efficiency, which would be the Packers. The two schedules are comparable, as each are largely stacked with playoff contenders and some division rivals.Garrett is 2.5 behind his AFC North counterpart, and would need to average 1.75 per game to reach the nine needed to break Strahan's record. He has recorded more than 1.5 sacks only once, coming back in Week 3 against the Bears when he tallied 4.5. He has averaged 1.15sacks per game.