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T.J. Watt sets Pittsburgh Steelers single-season sacks record; Ben Roethlisberger into 5th for NFL all-time passing yards

PITTSBURGH -- The score wouldn't necessarily suggest it, but Sunday was a record-setting day for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Outside linebacker T.J. Watt set the Steelers' franchise record for single-season sacks against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday afternoon, two decades after James Harrison set it against the same team.

Watt's third-quarter sack of Ryan Tannehill gave him a league-leading 17 sacks this season, eclipsing Harrison's 16-sack record set in 2008. With 66.5 career sacks, Watt has the third-most sacks by a player in his first five seasons since 1982. Only Reggie White (81) and older brother J.