Just minutes after Pittsburgh Steelers’ outside linebacker T.J. Watt became the highest-paid defender in the NFL last Thursday, questions started to fly around about Watt’s availability for Sunday’s matchup with the Buffalo Bills, in terms of how many snaps Watt would play, and how productive he could possibly be after sitting out team drills throughout training camp and the preseason.
So much for that, eh?
Watt looked incredibly fresh on Sunday, recording two sacks and forced fumble against Josh Allen and the Bills while looking like he never missed any sort of time throughout the offseason. Despite the terrific performance in Week 1, the question around Watt was how his body would respond to the workload right away in Week 1.