Every week the opposing head coach and offensive coordinator talk about having a plan to slow down T.J. Watt. That plan so far has been to chip him at an extremely high rate.
Last season, Watt took some flak for not getting double teamed as often as other players. But what that double-team rate failed to capture was the number of times he was getting chipped by running backs or tight ends to help slow him down.
Pro Football Focus just released a new metric that tracks the chip rate for every pass rusher, and Watt is chipped by far the most of any edge defender in the league.