Browns, T.J. Watt and Myles Garrett
On Thursday, the NFL announced finalists for all of the major end-of-the-year awards. The Pittsburgh Steelers were shut out of all the awards except for Defensive Player of the Year where outside linebacker T.J. Watt hangs on to an outside chance.
Cleveland Browns fans will be thrilled to know that Myles Garrett isn't going anywhere right now. That certainly didn't seem to be the case months
T.J. Watt is set to enter the final year of his contract, and with the pass rusher attached to a $30MM cap hit for 2025, there have been some rumblings that the Steelers could look to move on from their franchise star. Art Rooney was quick to dismiss that idea, as the Steelers owner said the team wasn’t considering parting with Watt.
BEREA, Ohio -- Myles Garrett believes he was the best player in the NFL in 2024, and now he’s a finalist to defend his AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year award.
The NFL announced today that Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt is one of five finalists for the 2024 Associated Press NFL Defense Player of the Year.
Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt was named a Defensive Player of the Year finalist. Watt, who was a longtime favorite to win the award but has now dropped in odds, had at least one vote go his way to earn his way onto the finalist panel.
Pittsburgh linebacker T.J. Watt is named one of five finalists for AP Defensive Player of the Year, an award he previously won in 2021.
Garrett, 29, is again a finalist for the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, which he won last year. This past season, Garrett became the youngest player to reach 100 career sacks and the first player to record 14 or more sacks in four consecutive seasons.
Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt ... on Thursday. Watt is a finalist alongside Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Zach Baun, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, Cincinnati ...
T.J. Watt had a solid 2024 season, but his late struggles raise questions about his finalist spot for Defensive Player of the Year.
Either Cleveland’s Myles Garrett or Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt could become just the sixth player in NFL history to win at least two AP Defensive Pla