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‘He’s Playing Some Really Good Football’: T.J. Watt Pleased With Rookie Keeanu Benton’s Performance To Date

Nine games into his NFL career, Pittsburgh Steelers rookie defensive lineman Keeanu Benton is turning some heads, both inside and outside of the facility.

Coming off arguably the best game of his young career Sunday in Week 10 against the Green Bay Packers — he recorded seven tackles and generated two pressures, controlling the line of scrimmage throughout the matchup — Benton received high praise from NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger, who broke down some tape of the young defensive lineman Monday morning.

That praise continued Monday afternoon as teammate and fellow Wisconsin Badger product T.