In his age-30 season, the Steelers have asked a lot of T.J. Watt. With injuries plaguing both Nick Herbig and Alex Highsmith at different points in the season, the team has leaned on Watt to play a heavy number of snaps. To be exact, Watt has logged 665 snaps this season, 89.62% of the team’s total this year.
In Friday’s press conference with reporters, Watt spoke about his increased usage and admitted it is taking a toll on him.
“Yeah, it’s, it’s a lot. It really is,” said Watt. “You watch film and you self-evaluate and just really look at the percentages of plays, snaps in a play per game and it’s too much.