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TJ Watt Not First EDGE Rusher Taken In NFL Network Draft

Despite a 22.5 sack season and Defensive Player of the Year honors, TJ Watt still wasn’t the first EDGE rusher taken in a draft of the position between NFL Network’s Bucky Brooks and Daniel Jeremiah on the Move the Sticks podcast.

Going first was another AFC North pass rusher in Myles Garrett who Jeremiah picked over Watt. Here’s what he had to say as to why he took Garrett over the DPOY.

“Myles Garrett is the prototype. You know, the size, the length, the get off, the bend, the power. He has everything.