Once the ball kicks off Sunday inside Acrisure Stadium between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots, much of the focus will shift towards the Steelers’ defensive side of the football, specifically into the hole vacated by T.J. Watt at left outside linebacker due to a pectoral injury that landed him on Injured Reserve earlier this week.
Though the Steelers have been without Watt’s services in the past in four separate games, the Steelers have never been without him for a consistent stretch like the one they’re about to enter into, starting with the Patriots game Sunday in front of a packed house.