Stop me if you’ve heard this before — defenses are paying a whole lot of attention to T.J. Watt. Watt, the Steelers’ star EDGE rusher who’s coming off a two-sack game against the New England Patriots, is getting chipped at the third-highest percentage in football and double-teamed at the fourth-highest rate. Watt’s only behind the Cleveland Browns’ Myles Garrett and the Detroit Lions’ Aidan Hutchinson in chip rate, while he’s behind those two and the Green Bay Packers’ Micah Parsons in double-team rate, per PFF data.
Watt’s chip rate comes in at 29.76% of his 84 pass rushes this season, while he’s been double-teamed on half of those snaps.