The Pittsburgh Steelers entered Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts tied for the NFL lead with 47 sacks, though the two teams nearest them both played earlier this week. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers reached 47 sacks in 15 games, and the Arizona Cardinals hit 46.
Pittsburgh needed three sacks against a Colts team that had only allowed 16 all season in order to become the first team in 2020 to hit 50, and they got that by the end of the first drive of the third quarter, with T.J. Watt notching two sacks in the first half—including a big strip sack—and Stephon Tuitt being the watch to notch the 50th of the year toward the end of the opening drive of the third.