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Pittsburgh Steelers put T.J. Watt on IR until star LB ready to return

PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers won't have T.J. Watt for four games, but that doesn't mean they're going to scrap their entire defensive plan to get by without him.

"It's gonna change because he's not there," defensive coordinator Teryl Austin said Thursday. "Obviously, everybody knows what he does really well, which is a lot of things, but I think structurally we're gonna remain the same.

"We're gonna do the things that we think are good, that are sound fundamentally. ... We know we may not get the type of production T.J. had, but if we get good, solid varsity players, we're gonna be fine.