The Pittsburgh Steelers played seven games without T.J. Watt last season. They won exactly one of those games, losing the other six, yet posted an 8-2 record when he did play. The quality of opponent on the schedule was a factor, as well as the timing as they transitioned to a new offense and new, rookie quarterback, but how do you explain the stark contrast in the team’s results?
“I don’t know. I don’t have to explain it, either”, the star pass rusher recently said when posed that question during an interview on CBS Sports Radio on the Maggie and Perloff program.