T.J. Watt No Shows NFL Honors Ceremony After Not Receiving Defensive Player of the Year Award

19 sacks are just not enough.

Despite leading the NFL with 19 sacks in the 2023 season, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end T.J. Watt revealed that he will not be winning the Defensive Player of the Year award.

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This led to him no showing the NFL Honors ceremony Thursday night as he posted “Playing Hooky” on Instagram.

BREAKING: It appears that #Steelers superstar TJ Watt will NOT win the leagues Defensive Player of The Year award despite having 19 sacks this season.

He tweeted out “Nothing I’m not used to” and is not attending the #NFL award show tonight pic.twitter.com/MMW3n9o1db

— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) February 9, 2024

It appears as if Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett will take home Defensive Player of the Year honors, and he is certainly in attendance.

Myles Garrett's first time at #NFLHonors and he's got a chance to win DPOY ?

?: #NFLHonors on CBS & NFLN
?: Stream on #NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/B3DDh75lQB

— NFL (@NFL) February 9, 2024

Watt, a six-time NFL Pro Bowler who has played with the Steelers since the 2017 season, won the DPOY award in 2021 when he had a career-high 22.5 sacks.