There is so much that goes on within a team that is beyond any one person’s control. Things you don’t coach, or can’t coach, like dictating how players interact with and pass wisdom on to one another. The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t expect to get run-key tip-offs from T.J. Watt, for example, when they drafted him in the first round in 2017.
But that’s the kind of player, the student of the game, that he has developed into over the course of his career, and not without influence. He’s talked about the role his big brother J.J. Watt played in teaching him the importance of listening, for example, both on and off the field, and of how Minkah Fitzpatrick’s example improved his study habits.