Attention NFL: Hide your quarterbacks, and lock your doors because Pittsburgh Steelers Defensive Player of the Year TJ Watt says he has more coming next season.
Last night, Watt brought home his first DPOY award after arguably getting robbed of it following the 2020 season.
It all started minutes after he failed to win last year with this tweet:
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Watt wasn't going to leave it up to debate in 2021.
"It was just one of those things where it wasn't anything personal with me and Aaron Donald," Watt told Brooke Pryor from ESPN. "I thought he was more deserving. It was just more kind of at the voters asking what more I had to do."
So he went out and tied the single-season sack record with 22.5. His 1.5 sacks per game are the second-most in NFL history behind Reggie White’s 1.75 in 1987 (White also won DPOY).
Watt doesn't appear content to only win one of these awards.
T.J. Watt says he's even more motivated now that he's coming home with hardware from NFL Honors.
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) February 11, 2022
That's a scary thought 👀
"I feel like I'm just about to be entering the prime of my career and that's why more than ever, I just want continue to find ways to get better at this game," said Watt.
Watt has watched his brother receive the award three times. That helped spark a fire in him that drove him to develop into the NFL's top pass rusher, and set him on a pace that could one day result in a Hall of Fame induction.
"I'm not huge on individual goals, but it's tough for me not to want that when I saw my brother at the height of his career win the award three times. I always just thought to myself, why can't I do that?"
Congratulations, TJ, you sure did earn this one. We're certain that this won't be your only one either.
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