SAD NEWS: T. J. Watt Announces Reasons for his Departure from…
T.J. Watt discusses his issue with the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year voting.
In spite of driving the NFL in sacks for a third time — the as it were player to do so since the merger in 1970 — Pittsburgh Steelers edge-rusher T.J. Watt did not win the NFL’s Cautious Player of the Year grant in 2023.
Amid a later appearance on the Barstool Sports podcast “Pardon My Take,” Watt clarified he had no issue with Cleveland Browns cautious conclusion Myles Garrett winning the grant over him, but or maybe his issue is with the uncertainty encompassing how the champ is chosen.
“I do not have a issue with any players,” Watt said. “Everybody’s amazing. Myles, Micah [Parsons] — they’re incredible players, do not get me off-base. It’s fair that the voting. I need more clarity on how that all comes.”
In spite of not straightforwardly referencing Garrett’s win, Watt communicated his sentiments toward the circumstance by means of X the night of the NFL Grants.
Watt and Garrett both had solid measurable seasons.
They had the same number of weights (86) and constrained bungles (four), but Watt held the edge in sacks (19 to 15), QB hits (19 to 14) and handles for misfortune (19 to 17), whereas Garrett bested him in rushes (57 to 47) and pass-rush win-rate (35.1% to 20.3%), per Professional Football Center.
Both were named to the Professional Bowl and were First-Team All-Pro choices.
Had Watt won the grant, he would have gotten to be the ninth player in NFL history, and fair the fourth player since 2000 to win the NFL Cautious POY grant different times. Watt’s more seasoned brother J.J. won the grant three times (2012, 2014, 2015).
“It’s a bequest thing; it truly is,” Watt included. “It’s not why we play, but it comes beside it. … You work so difficult, and when you’re not able to come absent from the season with the Super Bowl, you like to drop back on something that the hard work is worth it. And to not get that’s a sting, but at the conclusion of the day, it’s more motivation.”