The best defensive player in football--and we may be selling him short by using "defensive" in that description--has won his first conference-wide weekly award of the 2015 regular season. See exactly why J.J. Watt's performance against the Jets was noteworthy.
The NFL has declared that the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year is now the reigning AFC Defensive Player of the Week. NFL Communications explained its reasoning as follows:
· Watt had eight tackles, including five tackles for a loss, and two sacks in the Texans’ 24-17 win against the New York Jets.