The Pittsburgh Steelers have never experienced a playoff victory with T.J. Watt. Arguably the greatest defensive player of his generation, he doesn’t know what winning a playoff game is like. The Steelers reached the conference finals the year before they drafted him, but cannot win with him.
Or rather, the Steelers have not been able to win with Watt up to this point. And that certainly isn’t because of him—just look at their record when he doesn’t play. But it’s an endless source of frustration, understandably, for a player who has achieved everything but team success.
“It’s tough.