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T.J. Watt's 'blackout' sack celebration a sign defense is working

PITTSBURGH -- T.J. Watt works nearly as hard celebrating a sack as he does actually getting one. Fixed somewhere between rage and serenity, Watt leaps out of the backfield, breaks into a 20-yard sprint, flexes his arms toward the sky and pauses to savor the takedown.

Apparently he can't help himself, calling the aftermath a "blackout" moment in which emotions overtake him at the expense of a potential hamstring pull.

“I always have that moment to myself where I’m like, 'Damn, this feels so dang good,'" Watt said after Wednesday's practice in preparation for Sunday's matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals.