Despite a quiet season by his standards, at least from a bag and pressure perspective, TJ Watt, a linebacker outside the Pittsburgh Steelers, remains one of the league’s best players.
In addition to his first team All-NFL honors from American professional soccer writers and All-Pro praise from his second team from the Associated Press, the Pro Bowl nodded and the league with forced fumbles To lead, Watt added another praise to him 2024 Resume: Top 10 Players in the NFL.
In the Top 101 rankings of Pro Football Focus, Watt broke the top 10, with the Philadelphia Eagles running Saquon Barkley and Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones landing in ninth place.
“Watt has been another great season. He led all defensive linemen in a 90.3 landdefence grade. His 90.1 pass rush grade has led him to 57 pressure in 18 games. He won 12 sacks, making him sixth among the qualified edge defenders. PFF is written in the top 101 rankings of Watts. “He also highlighted many ways that can be tied to an NFL lead among all players with six forced fumbles, and that can affect the game with every snap.”
Watt finished with 11.5 sacks in the season, finishing with just 57 pressure. Play 1,002 and snap defensivelyincluding 599 snaps rushing passersby. The pressure was partly due to the amount of attention the team paid him during the season, shaking him with tight ends and running backs, sliding his way of denying him.
It led to a lot of frustration for Watt. Watt closed the season very quietly with consecutive goose eggs on the stats sheet in the Cincinnati Bengals’ 18th week defeat, leading to a loss in the AFC wildcard round. Baltimore Ravens.
The team threw everything but the kitchen sinks into him with pass protection, but Watt remained an amazing ran defender. The veteran external linebacker led the NFL with a forced fumble at six, punching football from the hands of running backs and quarterbacks in the run game multiple times, leading to turnovers.
Under the stretch, Watt was also dealing with injuries, but was battling a thumb injury and ankle injury. Now, as they enter the offseason, Watt needs to find a way to go back to that truly dominant player every week. It starts by starting by moving around defensively to stop being a stationary target for the opposite crime.
Among the top 101 players in PFF, the top 5 includes Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry (5), Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Barrow (No. 4), and Philadelphia Eagles’ lt Jordan Mail (No. 3). I did. ), Cleveland Browns de Miles Garrett (No. 2) and Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson (No. 1).
Buffalo Bills’ NFL MVP Joshu Allen ranked sixth.
