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TJ Watt Named Week 17’s AFC Defensive Player Of The Week

After a monster performance Monday night, TJ Watt has been named Week 17’s AFC Defensive Player of the Week.

Game-wrecker @_TJWatt is Week 17’s AFC Defensive Player of the Week!

— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) January 5, 2022

Watt racked up five tackles, five QB hits, four sacks, three tackles for loss, and two pass deflections, It was the first four-sack game of his career and the first by a Steeler since Joey Porter had four in 2001. Our charting had him down for five total pressures, too.