T.J. Watt entered Monday night’s game tied for fifth place in the NFL with 8.5 sacks, with Myles Garrett out in front with 12, Harold Landry, Matt Judon, and Markus Golden all tied with nine. The Pittsburgh Steelers superstar had two sacks by halftime, bringing him into second place in the league through nine weeks at 10.5. And then he added a third in the second half, pushing it up to 11.5, now just half a sack behind Garrett for the lead, the Browns not yet having had a bye.
In 69 career games, Watt is also the fourth-fastest in NFL history to reach 60 career sacks, behind only Derrick Thomas (67 games), his older brother J.