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Does T.J. Watt Have Any Shot At Winning This Year’s Defensive Player Of The Year Award?

Does T.J. Watt have any shot at this year’s Defensive Player of the Year Award?

The NFL officially announced the finalists for this year’s Defensive Player of the Year Award, with T.J. Watt among them. The question is, does he have any shot of actually winning? The Steelers star earned All-Pro recognition for the 2024 season, but only on the second team, behind Myles Garrett and Trey Hendrickson.

It seems implausible that a player who finished second-team All-Pro would win Defensive Player of the Year. If he were, you would think he would manage to make the first team, presumably.