They say that records are made to be broken. T.J. Watt didn’t quite break the NFL’s single-season sack record, but he did tie it with 22.5 sacks. The extra sack that he got in the playoff loss did give him the most combined regular and postseason sacks in a single year.
Given that the tied the all-time NFL record last season, it stands to reason that he led the league in sacks a year ago. But he also led the league with 15 sacks in 2020. In doing so, he became just the third player ever—after Mark Gastineau and Reggie White—to lead the NFL in sacks in consecutive seasons.