While not everything has gone smoothly for the Pittsburgh Steelers, one area in which they have had their way for a while now is in the pass rush, and that goes for their divisional opponents as well. It’s not that big of a coincidence that their return to prominence as an elite pass-rushing defense happens to fall within T.J. Watt’s time here, either.
Watt has 72 sacks in his five-year career, an average of 14.4 per season. 8.5 of those sacks have come against the Bengals, although he didn’t have one against Cincinnati in 2021. He missed the first game, and was just coming back from yet another injury for the second one, clearly not looking like himself—and then he had 3.