T.J. Watt is pretty good, but unfortunately he doesn’t win enough of his pass rushes. That is one of the principal reasons he lost the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year Award to Myles Garrett. While he would like to see his guy win, Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebackers coach Denzel Martin is just glad to have the opportunity to coach him.
Both Watt and Garrett went in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft and have faced comparison since. Going to two teams in the same division only fostered that link. Their emergence at the top of their position only cemented it, and it’s not going away.