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4 Steelers takeaways from the NFL Honors

We are much more excited for Cam Heyward than we are disappointed or T.J. Watt.

Thursday night was the NFL Honors where the league gives out its big individual awards for the season. For whatever reason, this is something NFL fans, including Pittsburgh Steelers fans get heavily invested in. Let’s take a look at how things went for the Steelers and offer some takeaways.

Steelers fans burst into tears after Browns DE Myles Garrett beats out T.J. Watt for DPOY

Myles Garrett beat out T.J. Watt for Defensive Player of the Year, and Steelers fans took the opportunity to whine about it.

The Cleveland Browns saw many of their personnel take home awards at the NFL Honors, including defensive end Myles Garrett who won NFL Defensive Player of the Year. And those who root for the Pittsburgh Steelers made sure everyone heard them cry that T.J. Watt did not win the award.

Apparently, those who follow the Steelers think voters should look at box scores instead of the actual film when casting their votes for who should win the award. Watt had more sacks than Garrett, but Garrett was quite evidently a more prevalent player that opposing teams had to identify, double-team, triple-team, and make a point of emphasis on Sundays.

Even Watt himself took to social media to take a victim mentality after receiving the news that he would not win the award over Garrett.

Here are the best, most cringe-worthy reactions from Steelers fans after their beloved Watt finished runner-up to Garrett for NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

T.J. Watt’s cryptic 5-word post may have summed up feelings about Defensive Player of the Year snub

Was T.J. Watt mad about losing DPOY to Myles Garrett?

Did T.J. Watt find out that Myles Garrett would be named Defensive Player of the Year on Thursday and not himself before the 2024 NFL Honors ceremony?

Because it sure seemed like the pass-rusher who led the NFL in sacks with 19.0 this season caught wind of it, given what he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, about an hour before the festivities got underway.

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“Nothing I’m not used to,” he remarked. He won the award back in 2021 after notching 22.5 sacks and 21 tackles for a loss (both led the league), but he’s finished second (2020) and third (2019). So maybe this is his way of saying he should have won it multiple times:

Steelers fans react to T.J. Watt losing Defensive Player of the Year to Myles Garrett

T.J. Watt earned DPOY but didn’t get it.

T.J. Watt knew it was coming. NFL fans knew it was coming. Watt was a bridesmaid, but not the bride. Defensive Player of the Year, the most coveted award in the league, was presented to Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett.

Despite leading in many statistical categories, including the most sacks with 19, Garrett was named DPOY.

Steelers fans took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to express their displeasure.

Steelers’ T.J. Watt loses out to Myles Garrett for Defensive Player of the Year

We all knew this was how it was going down.

From the moment the first numbers were released for 2023-24 Defensive Player of the Year, the odds were literally against T.J. Watt. Myles Garrett was the favorite to win and rarely fell out of grace.

Despite grinding out the most sacks in the league with 19 and becoming the first player to do so on three separate occasions, Garrett walked away with the coveted award over Watt.

We all knew this was how it would go down, and Watt did, too. He posted a tweet earlier this evening, “Nothing that I’m not used to,” as well as an Instagram story with the caption, “Playing hooky.”

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Browns DE Myles Garrett beats out T.J. Watt for NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award

Garrett takes home the hardware!

After a full season of debate, Cleveland Browns defensive end and five-time Pro Bowler Myles Garrett has been named NFL Defensive Player of the Year of T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Despite only racking up one sack down the stretch of the season, Garrett led the NFL in pressures and pass rush win rate, and was PFF’s highest-graded pass rusher all while seeing the most double teams in the NFL. NFL voters care about more than just the box score and see when a player impacts the game, which Garrett did prevalently for the Browns despite the lack of sacks.

Garrett finished the season with 14 sacks, a pass rush win rate of 27.4 percent, and 89 total pressures on over 100 fewer pass rush snaps than the likes of Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders and Aidan Hutchinson of the Detroit Lions.

This is the first NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award for the five-time Pro Bowler, and hopefully not the last as the Browns look to continue their dominance on the defensive side of the ball for the foreseeable future.

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T.J. Watt seems to hint that Browns DE Myles Garrett has won NFL Defensive Player of the Year

It appears that Watt already knows the outcome.

The NFL Honors are just getting underway, but it appears the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award could have already been linked. Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett is the betting favorite, and T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers is already lamenting on social media.

Garrett finished with 14 sacks on the season but led the NFL in pressures down the stretch despite finishing with just one sack over the back half of the season. He also led the NFL in pass rush win rate, was PFF’s highest-graded pass rusher, and was double-teamed more than any other pass rusher in the NFL.

This would be what we hope is the first of many dominating honors for Garrett. Even Micah Parsons of the Dallas Cowboys, another finalist for the award, agrees with what seems to be the decision made by voters.

If this is the case, then Garrett wins a well-deserved honor after making his fifth Pro Bowl as the best player on the best defense in the NFL.

 

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Steelers LB T.J. Watt ‘playing hooky’ from NFL Honors

You won’t find T.J. Watt in the NFL Honors audience.

Like everybody who’s anybody in the NFL world, T.J. Watt is in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl. But you won’t find him at the NFL Honors ceremony. No, sir.

Watt posted to his Instagram story a photo of his wife, Dani Rhodes, with the caption “playing hooky.”

As he should. It’s all but official that he’s about to be snubbed for one of the NFL’s highest honors — Defensive Player of the Year. While he led in most statistical categories, including sacks (19), he’s about to be overlooked again.

No need to be in the audience for that.

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Did Steelers LB T.J. Watt leak he isn’t winning DPOY?

Did T.J. Watt tip the pick for DPOY?

The NFL Honors haven’t quite started yet but it seems the winners and losers already know their fate. At least this is what it sounds like from the Tweet Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt sent out indicating he is not winning Defensive Player of the Year.

Watt has been named Defensive Player of the Year multiple times this offseason by a variety of agencies but this is the one that really matters to the players. It’s been a two-man race between Watt and Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett and if this post is any indication, the NFL is going to give Garrett his first honor rather than give Watt his second.

Watt led the league with 19 sacks in 2023. This is the third time in his career he’s done it and is the only player in NFL history to accomplish such a feat.

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