The toughest assignment of Zach Strief’s season is lurking Sunday.
For the most part, on nearly every snap, Strief will line up and stare across the offensive line at J.J. Watt, the transcendent defensive end who has made the title of the NFL’s best defensive player anything but arguable in the past couple of seasons.
Watt, the only player in NFL history with multiple 20-sack seasons, is on his way again, tied for the NFL lead with 11.5 sacks, a whopping 21 tackles for loss and 34 quarterback hits, two numbers that dwarf the NFL’s second-best in that statistical category.