BEREA, Ohio — Myles Garrett says he’s violent on the field, yes. But dirty? No.

“I know who I am and the guys within these walls know who I am and that’s not me,’’ he said Wednesday. “I’m not going to do anything to try and hurt this team or take out any player outside the rule book. I’m just going to keep playing this game the way it’s supposed to be played and that’s violently but passionately.”

Garrett, who had a career-high three sacks against the Jets and leads the league with five, was penalized four times in New York, including twice for roughing the passer. On the second, he clipped quarterback Trevor Siemian in the chin with his helmet and then fell on him. Siemian’s ankle was pinned awkwardly underneath him resulting in torn ligaments and the end of his season.

“You don’t want to put anybody out for the season,’’ said Garrett. “It’s their job and it’s something that you don’t do unless you love it, and you don’t want to take that away from anybody. I hope he comes back faster and stronger than he ever has and I wish the best for him.”

Garrett said officials told him he hit Siemian too high and then fell on him with his full weight, both of which constitute roughing.

“I looked at it and I didn’t think so, but I’m just going off of what they’re calling,’’ he said. “They said I kinda scooped him and put my weight into him. But I have to be able to turn to the side and get my body weight off of him.”

The penalties will lighten Garrett’s wallet for the second straight week. Last week, he clocked Titans tight end Delanie Walker across the facemask and earned an unnecessary roughness flag, which cost him $10,527. This week, he could be fined for both roughing calls, with a first offense docking him $21,056 and a second $42,115.

It also may have cost him AFC Defensive Player of the Week. He was passed over with his three sacks in favor of Texans’ linebacker Whitney Mercilus, who had two sacks and two forced fumbles.

“I had too many penalties,’’ Garrett said of not winning the award. “Absolutely.’’

He also threw quarterback Luke Falk down like a ragdoll on is third sack in the third quarter, but wasn’t flagged. Will the officials be on the lookout for him now?

“Uh, I hope so,’’ he said. “I could get some (offensive) holding calls too. I’m pretty sure it could [work in his favor], but I’m just going to try to finish violently but also within the rules, make sure I get the guy down and try to strip the ball from him, nothing late or anything illegal.”

Coach Freddie Kitchens said he hopes people judge for themselves what kind of player Garrett is.

“Just because somebody says something doesn’t make it accurate," said the coach. "The first two games are what they were, but he’s going to have an opportunity and chance to get better and improve at that. I don’t want him to lose his aggressiveness at all.”

Rams coach Sean McVay was asked on a conference call Wednesday of Garrett’s play. For comparison’s sake, McVay’s premier defensive tackle, Aaron Donald, was penalized only four times all last season, the same as Garrett from Monday night. All told, Garrett has five this season, including his roughness call against Walker last week.

“I think you always want to be smart,’’ McVay said. “He’s a great player. I’ve been really impressed with just watching him continue to grow. He can beat you in a variety of ways. He can rush off both sides – the left side or the right side. He has a repertoire of moves, and you can see that he’s at his best in those most important moments.

“He’s made a huge impact. Even just watching when you have the game on in a TV setting, you just feel what an impact he makes on the game. He looks like what the No. 1 overall pick is supposed to look like, and he continues to get better as his career has progressed.”

Kitchens re-iterated that the second roughing call was correct, even though Garrett isn’t sure.

“I think the NFL has done a good job of really explaining where the strike zone is, and we may have not been there,’’ he said.

He said of Garrett, “it’s a little bit of decision making, and it’s a little bit of cleaning up the strike zone. Some of it is just making the conscious decision of ‘is this right or wrong’ and err on the side of the lighter.”

Garrett also vowed to clean up the offsides penalties — he had two against the Jets but one was declined.

“It’s a matter of timing,’’ Garrett said. “It’s kind of selfish of me to try to time it up and put my team at risk like that. And I have enough peripheral (vision), I have enough quick twist to get off on the ball as soon as it moves, I don’t need to try to get it as soon as (the center) blinks or twitches. So I’ll be OK.’’

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