The Pittsburgh Steelers are in the uncomfortable position of replacing T.J. Watt ahead of Sunday’s Wild Card game against the Buffalo Bills. Losing your star player and NFL Defensive Player of the Year (he should be, anyway) means replacing his role can’t come in the form of one person. It’ll take a team effort to fill his shoes.
What are the ways the Steelers can do so? Here are a couple.
1. “Safe” four-man pressures
Even before Watt went down in the second half of Week 18’s game, the Steelers had a surprising uptick in four-man pressures where Watt or Alex Highsmith dropped into coverage.