Will T.J. Watt apologize to Myles Garrett for DPOY tweet? Here's what Steelers star said

After Cleveland Browns prima borderline rusher Myles Garrett demanded an apology from his Pittsburgh Steelers counterpart earlier the 2 teams met past Thursday, T.J. Watt shrugged disconnected his remarks and is focusing connected football.

With reporters asking him astir the long-running rivalry betwixt himself and Garrett that culminated successful the second winning Defensive Player of the Year successful 2023, Watt has decided to supply clarity connected the tweet that Garrett took discourtesy to. 

Watt famously tweeted a semi-ambiguous spoiler shortly earlier the grant was announced astatine past year's NFL Honors, which the Steelers prima did not attend. Watt simply tweeted: "Nothing I'm not utilized to."

Nine months later, Garrett brought it up.

"No, helium didn't accidental thing to me," Garrett said of the tweet earlier the Steelers played the Browns successful Week 12. "He's got to apologize to maine erstwhile I spot him.

#Browns Myles Garrett connected #Steelers T.J. Watt’s antagonistic reax connected X past twelvemonth erstwhile Garrett won #NFL Defensive Player of the Year: pic.twitter.com/kp1UufKUAF

On Friday, Watt again clarified the intent down his tweet, but helium did not connection the apology Garrett was looking for.

“It’s much truthful the voting and however that each happened is wherever we were upset with,” Watt said. “It’s thing to bash with Myles Garrett arsenic a idiosyncratic oregon arsenic a player. I deliberation he’s a hellhole of a player. It’s much truthful the voting strategy and what you request to bash to get those things. That’s what I’m not focused connected this year.”

Clearly, T.J. is not focused connected awards oregon accolades astatine the moment, but alternatively connected his shot squad that is inactive holding onto archetypal spot successful the pugnacious AFC North contempt the nonaccomplishment to the Browns.

Yet, the Wisconsin autochthonal made it wide that adjacent erstwhile helium was focused connected awards during the past offseason, helium meant nary disrespect towards Garrett and was alternatively criticizing the awards strategy itself.