It’s also possible watt knew what he was good at, and the coaches wanted him to do something else.
Players should do what coaches want, but if I’m a coach and one of my players has the capability to get 20 sacks in a season, you bet your azz I’m going to figure out a way I can use that to my advantage. Oh by the way they could of traded him at any time when his value was higher, but didn’t.