PITTSBURGH -- T.J. Watt is probably near the least of the Pittsburgh Steelers' worries, but his lull at the end of the 2024 season is concerning. He finished with 11.5 sacks, but is in the middle of the longest sack-less streak of his career, and the impact plays dwindled down the stretch.
After starting the 2024-25 season 10-3, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost five straight games to end the year. The final nail in their coffin was an ugly 28-14 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the wild-card round of the AFC playoffs.
Pittsburgh Steelers star edge rusher T.J. Watt offered a very candid admission on his playoff performance and how it must improve in 2025.
T.J. Watt remains focused on staying with the Pittsburgh Steelers, aiming to bring a long-awaited championship back to Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt addressed on January 8 not having any playoff wins during his NFL career.
Before the Pittsburgh Steelers' wild-card playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday, Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt took time to greet some of the Steelers fans that traveled to Baltimore for the game.
As arguably the greatest player in Houston Texans history, J.J. Watt has a pretty obvious bias in the ongoing Chiefs-Texans playoff game. But that doesn't make him any less correct about an absolutely absurd roughing the passer penalty that we saw in the first quarter.
The Steelers should trade T.J. Watt and George Pickens, along with two first-round picks, to acquire Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Watt had 11.5 sacks this season, but over the last 193 snaps of the year, they failed to record a single statistic. He battled thumb and ankle injuries to close the season, but it was a disappointing end for a player the Steelers looked at as their superstar cornerstone.
For all that T.J. Watt and Cameron Heyward have given the Pittsburgh Steelers over their Hall of Fame careers, they deserve better.
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Despite the Pittsburgh Steelers' early playoff exit, star pass-rusher T.J. Watt doesn't want to play for any other team. "I want to be a Pittsburgh