The NFL offseason is over with training camp in session, but players aren’t quite ready to hit the gridiron for official games. The Hall of Fame Game is less than a week away, so there’s still time to churn out offseason content. So, what better time to look at the top 25 NFL players since 2000?
ESPN came together to list the top 25 players since the year 2000, which happened to include a former Houston Texans superstar.
Watt’s NFL career was nothing short of dominant, and he retired while still in peak playing shape. Evidently, Watt still looks game-ready — and he’s even slipped the idea to Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans that he’d stay ready in case a call came his way out of desperation.
“Watt won three NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards in his career, but his most dominant season came in 2014,” ESPN’s Sarah Barshop wrote. “He had 20.5 sacks, the second time he’d done that in his career, as well as 59 solo tackles, 29 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown. Watt had another defensive touchdown and three offensive touchdowns. He won his second NFL Defensive POY award and finished second to quarterback Aaron Rodgers in MVP voting. Watt received 13 of 50 MVP votes, the most for a defensive player since Lawrence Taylor won the award in 1986.”
