When the Pittsburgh Steelers selected outside linebacker T.J. Watt in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, his “football IQ” and quick play recognition were cited as reasons for drafting him, despite only starting at the position for a single season at the University of Wisconsin. Throughout the course of the 2017 season, those traits have often been on display, but perhaps never more so than late in the fourth quarter against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night.
With the Packers coming out in an empty set, with four wide receivers and a tight end, the Steelers go to a Cover-3 defense, with a small wrinkle of showing a Cover-4 look before the snap.