2019 is a big year for Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt. Even though he might have made the Pro Bowl already last season—as an alternate—he knows that a further step forward is very much needed this year to get him that much closer to reaching his actual potential. Which is also something that his defense needs from him on the field.
And the team also needs him to take steps forward off the field, into a leadership role, which he appears to have already begun to do successfully. He has even called back to some of his experience at Wisconsin as he emerged in that program.