Sports activities media character and former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee has a proposition for the 2021 NFL Defensive Participant of the 12 months, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive finish T.J. Watt.
McAfee stated that he would donate $500,000 to the charity of Watt’s selection if the stud edge rusher breaks the document for many sacks in a single season in NFL historical past.
It’s a document that Watt is all too accustomed to; he co-owns it with New York Giants legend and Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Michael Strahan at 22.5 sacks in a single season.
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Pittsburgh linebacker T.J. Watt, #90, celebrates after a primary quarter sack throughout the Pittsburgh Steelers versus Baltimore Ravens Nationwide Soccer League recreation at M&T Financial institution Stadium on Jan. 9, 2022 in Baltimore. (Photograph by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)
After main the NFL in sacks in 2020 with 15, Watt didn’t simply observe it up in 2021 – he blew it out of the water.
The general document was on critical discover that season, as Watt continued to take quarterbacks to the turf. When he totaled 4 sacks towards the Cleveland Browns in Week 16, everybody was on the sting of their seats to see what he would do towards the Baltimore Ravens.
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After all, making an attempt to get quarterback Lamar Jackson to the bottom is extraordinarily laborious, however Watt was capable of safe one sack to tie the document in Week 17. Nonetheless, that was all he would get, because the Steelers would win the sport, 16-13.
Pat McAfee attends the Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix’s “Quarterback” at TUDUM Theater on July 11, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (JC Olivera/Getty Photographs)
As we speak, Watt is on the lookout for an enormous bounce-back season in 2023, as an injury-riddled marketing campaign final yr led to only 5.5 sacks over 10 video games.
The Steelers and Watt have famous him wanting blissful and wholesome at coaching camp this summer time, and Watt now has much more incentive to interrupt out as soon as once more when it’s his flip to hurry the passer this season.
Watt, the youthful brother of now-retired legendary defensive finish J.J. Watt, is a five-time Professional Bowler and three-time All-Professional in his six seasons with the Steelers.
Sports activities media character Pat McAfee, left, and Pittsburgh Steelers defensive finish T.J. Watt. (Getty Photographs)
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He has totaled 77.5 sacks already in his profession, which places him 84th on the all-time NFL listing.
