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Dupree: T.J. Watt ‘Has What It Takes’ To Be A Leader

It seems as though it has been a while now since the Pittsburgh Steelers have had a defensive player who was not only very good on the field but off of it as well outside of Cameron Heyward. There’s a reason he has been their defensive captain for a while. Of course Ryan Shazier was already settling into that role by the time he was injured as well.

But it appears that the Steelers are finally seeing the emergence of their second true leader of the defensive unit this offseason in third-year outside linebacker T.