At least Bill Belichick thinks so.
“He’s already earned that award this year, even if he didn’t play the last four games, which this might be a good game for him to rest,” the Patriots head coach joked in a Wednesday morning conference call.
The winner of the award won’t be announced until Saturday, February 6th, but what Watt’s done through 12 games has impressed Belichick immensely. The four-time Super Bowl champion head coach with New
England also picked up a pair of Super Bowl rings with the New York Giants as an assistant.