The 2018 season is a crucial one for T.J. Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense. The organization has essentially spent the past five years searching for their successors to either James Harrison or LaMarr Woodley, and to date, they have frankly struggled to replace either one.
Watt, though, is coming off a strong rookie season in which he recorded seven sacks—the second-most by a rookie in team history—along with an interception, a forced fumble, and a good number of passes defensed. Year two should be very telling in determining if he can truly be that sort of difference-maker they are hoping he is.