Among the finalists the panel of voters considered was J.J. Watt, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year who, in nine seasons, has 96 sacks. But Watt's candidacy was hampered by his injury history. At the time of the voting -- in the spring of 2018 -- Watt was coming off two consecutive injury-abbreviated seasons, making it difficult to project what his career will look like when it is over. Watt is still just 30 and presumably has at least several more years left. When he is healthy, he remains dominant -- when he played 16 games in 2018, he had 16 sacks -- but after not missing a game in his first five seasons, Watt has played just one full season in the last four. He, and some of his contemporaries, including Von Miller and Aaron Donald, figure to be leading candidates for the 125th-year team.