Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.
At this point in his future Hall of Fame career, Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt is a walking, breathing example of that popular saying regarding complacency.
Even with 77.5 career sacks under his belt, tying the single-season sacks record with 22.5 and winning the 2021 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, Watt isn’t complacent, and certainly isn’t complacent with his overall skill set entering his seventh season in the NFL.
Appearing on the 102.5 WDVE morning show Wednesday with host Randy Baumann, Watt stated that with the great depth the Steelers have on a defensive front featuring Cameron Heyward, Larry Ogunjobi, Alex Highsmith, Markus Golden and Nick Herbig, he is constantly trying to take stuff he sees from others, aiming to add to his pass rush arsenal to keep him a dangerous weapon off the edge.