Normally, we don’t spend much time writing about what anyone on the internet accuses the Pittsburgh Steelers of. There’s always an aggrieved party on the other side out there. But when J.J. Watt steps in to defend younger brother T.J., it’s worth mentioning. And highlighting that any accusation of T.J. Watt making a dirty tackle on Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow is far off-base.
Monday afternoon, J.J. Watt responded to a post he was tagged in that accused T.J. of intentionally trying to injure Burrow on a wrap-and-roll tackle on his second-quarter strip/sack/fumble.
“just checking, are you talking about the textbook way that tackling is taught by every NFL team to avoid injuries for both the ball carrier and the tackler?