Throughout his career, Pittsburgh Steelers’ star outside linebacker T.J. Watt typically hovers around the 70-80% snap count mark defensively.
The Steelers like to try and keep him fresh for late in games, and late in seasons.
Yet on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, Watt played a career-high 97.1% of the snaps, marking two straight weeks he played 93% of the snaps or higher defensively for the Steelers after playing 93.2% of snaps in Week Nine on Thursday Night Football against the Tennessee Titans. Watt has played 97% of the snaps in a game multiple times in his career but has not played that high of a percentage of snaps since Dec.