As the debate regarding the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year rages on surrounding Cleveland’s Myles Garrett, Dallas’ Micah Parsons and Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt, Steelers’ head coach Mike Tomlin threw his support — unsurprisingly — behind his star outside linebacker Friday morning.
In a tweet quote-tweeting a Jan. 9 post from the NFL’s official page asking if T.J. Watt would claim his second Defensive Player of the Year award this season, Tomlin had a simple one-word answer: Absolutely.
Absolutely. https://t.co/NOIvhRaSor
— Mike Tomlin (@CoachTomlin) January 12, 2024
Watt, who will miss the Wild Card Round matchup against the Buffalo Bills with a knee injury suffered in the regular season finale against the Baltimore Ravens, finished the 2023 season with 19.