A new plan for star pass rusher T.J. Watt. That was touted throughout the spring, summer, and start of the season. After a quiet end to 2024 and start to 2025, it was often the topic topic of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense. No more would Watt be glued to the left side of the defense, easily spotted and taken away.
Has that happened? Hardly. Pittsburgh’s settled into the same plan. Using our weekly charting, here’s a year-by-year breakdown of where Watt has aligned. Starting with 2021 and through this year, only skipping 2022 since he missed half the year with a pec injury.