Coming off of the Week 12 loss to the Cleveland Browns, a game in which Browns’ star defensive lineman Myles Garrett had a monster night with three sacks in the first half and a defiant message after the game that he’s the best defender in football, there’s a lot of questions surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers and star outside linebacker T.J. Watt.
Those questions, in particular, center on Watt’s usage from an alignment standpoint.
Unlike Garrett, Watt doesn’t move around the formation much, if at all. Since the Week 8 win over the New York Giants in which he aligned at ROLB for four snaps, switching sides with Alex Highsmith, Watt has aligned in a different spot outside of his customary LOLB just three times.