The Pittsburgh Steelers defense got a significant boost with the return of their two starting outside linebackers, T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith, both of whom had to sit out last week’s game with groin injuries. Watt seemed to be close to playing last week, so it wasn’t a surprise that he was ready to go this evening. But he also wasn’t clearly the same player from the first game and a half.
“I felt pretty good. Good enough to play”, the fifth-year veteran said after the game in assessing his performance in his first action since the first half of week two.