When the Steelers signed Derek Watt to a three-year, $9.75-million contract, many assumed it was done because the team wanted to get back to using a fullback more than it had in previous seasons.
After all, his predecessor, Roosevelt Nix, had never played more than 181 snaps in a season, serving more as a specialty player and special teams ace.
The problem by the end of Nix's five-year run with the team was that he had a knee injury that wasn't going to get better, prompting the Steelers to sign Watt.
If anything, however, Watt has been less of a factor on offense than Nix was.