T.J. Watt is again and issues are wanting up for the Steelers
The 2021 NFL Defensive Participant of the 12 months hasn’t taken the sphere since Week 1. However the Pittsburgh Steelers could have T.J. Watt once they host the Saints on Sunday.
Let’s put the title of this piece in correct perspective. Losers of their final two video games and 6 of their first eight contests this season, issues couldn’t be a lot worse for the 2-6 Pittsburgh Steelers.
Mike Tomlin’s club is on their lonesome within the basement of the AFC North. The offense is ranked twenty eighth within the league, solely the Indianapolis Colts are averaging fewer factors per sport and the Steelers’ defense is giving up the fourth-most yards per contest.
Frequent sense would counsel that the return of one of many NFL’s most relentless defenders can solely be a optimistic. This a lot is definite. It received’t be from an absence of effort from outdoors linebacker T.J. Watt. And whereas there was discuss that the six-year professional could possibly be on a pitch depend of types towards the New Orleans Saints on Sunday that apparently received’t be the case.
T.J. Watt received’t be restricted in his first sport again for the Steelers
Through the Steelers’ Week 1 23-20 additional time upset of the defending AFC champions Bengals at Cincinnati, Watt completed with six solo tackles (3 for losses), one sack, an interception and a pair of passes defended. That afternoon, Mike Tomlin’s staff dropped Joe Burrow seven occasions.
However the 2021 NFL Defensive Participant of the 12 months suffered a torn pectoral muscle within the victory. Pittsburgh has dropped six of its final seven video games in his absence and Teryl Austin’s defensive unit has managed simply eight sacks in these contests.
In fact, having T.J. Watt again on the sphere this weekend has little to do with the truth that rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett has 9 of the staff’s 14 turnovers whereas Pittsburgh’s floor sport is once more close to the underside of the league. Steelers’ kicker Chris Boswell was positioned on IR and is out of motion. And Tomlin, Austin and offensive coordinator Matt Canada can’t assist however hear the criticism.
So issues could possibly be wanting up for the Black and Gold. How far up is anybody’s guess?
