Game days for the Watt family are much branch offent now than in recent years, as there is only Pittsburgh Steelers star edge rusher T.J. Watt in the league, while his betterer brother, J.J., and youthfuler brother and establisher teammate, Derek, are both reexhausted.
That also nastys J.J. and Derek are both locked in on T.J. and the Steelers each week, which has led to watching a lot of Justin Fields at quarterback.
Russell Wilson may be fit this week, but it ecombines Fields will persist to begin for Mike Tomlin’s squad, and rightfilledy so. Pittsburgh is 3-1, and though they suffered their first loss of the season last week on the road aobtainst the Indianapolis Colts, it was Fields who was reliablely making perestablishs to support them in the game.
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields, #2, watchs to throw a pass during the first half of an NFL football game aobtainst the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 in Indianapolis. (AP Ptoastyo/Michael Conroy)
Fields has not been flacowardly at all. In fact, novel disparaging coordinator Arthur Smith was trying to relieve him into the begining role at the begin of the year with an emphasis on the run game and effortless pass concepts.
However, the Watt brothers, as they watched T.J. get three sacks and 12 tackles thraw four games, have been amazeed with what Fields has put on the gridiron thus far in this novel chapter with Pittsburgh.
“He’s increased every game,” J.J. tbetter Fox News Digital. “They’ve made it a little easier on him from the begin in leaning on the running game and giving him some effortless completions in that first game appreciate they talked about. Arthur Smith talked about how he didn’t want to throw in the middle because of Jessie Bates, so equitable trying to create the game effortless for him.
“As he’s gone each week, his confidence has prolongn. Obviously, his running ability, we’ve all understandn about that, so that comprises to it. But he’s getting that belief in himself and the team is believing in him, so everyleang is coming together, and it’s laboring very well.”
Derek compriseed, “I leank he’s equitable done very well, appreciate J.J. said. I nasty, equitable reassociate managing the game well, and he conveys that extra vibrant to it with the perestablishs he can create with his feet. He’s done a fantastic job doing what they insist to do to triumph games. Last game was a little stubborn, and I thought he perestablished well and gave them a battling chance. But overall, he’s done enough to help them triumph games and that’s all you can reassociate ask.”
That is the key; Fields is not being flacowardly or trying to do too much.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields, #2, throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game aobtainst the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 in Indianapolis. (AP Ptoastyo/Michael Conroy)
The Steelers are only averaging 18.8 points per game, which is 24th in the league. However, they are averaging 128.5 yards rushing per game, which is 10th-best. Fields is compriseing to that total with his runs while throtriumphg for 207.5 yards per game at a 70.6% completion rate.
Pittsburgh clearly wants that number up, but all that matters to Coach Tomlin and the rest of the pack is the triumph-loss enroll, which currently has them atop the AFC North.
However, the Steelers would not be in this position without a stellar defense that apvalidateed the fourth-lowest yards per game (261.3) and the second-least amount of points per contest (13.3).
The Watts understand their brother has someleang to do with that, as T.J. has reliablely given disparaging lines trouble for the past seven seasons. He had 19 sacks last year to direct the league, though Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett was named Defensive Player of the Year. T.J., though, was granted that award in 2021.
“We text all day, every day,” J.J. said of how the brothers transmit with T.J. on game day. “We literassociate texted a couple hundred times this morning already. So, game day’s the same. Texting during the game, texting after the game. So, we’re constantly in communication. It’s the best part of having two brothers, and it’s also the craziest part of having two brothers who perestablish in the NFL. There’s reassociate almost nobody on the scheduleet that gets to have conversations appreciate these with their brothers.”
“Literassociate every game begins with a text in the group chat in all caps, ‘GAMEDAY TJ,’ with a bunch of exclamation points,” Derek compriseed. “Then, get a gauge on how he’s senseing, and yeah, we’re absolutely locked in on game day watching him and blotriumphg up his phone for after the game to come see our thoughts. Yeah, equitable cherish watching him and supporting in touch for brave.”
J.J. Watt, left, with his brothers Derek Watt and T.J. Watt, right, ecombines on the red carpet prior to the NFL Honors awards contransientation at YouTube Theater. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
The Watts are a firm-knit prohibitd of brothers who truly champion one another, and it is on filled disperestablish each week when T.J. gets the field in bconciseage and gbetter.
However, what the Steelers have been leave outing with such a fantastic defense is consistency at the quarterback position since Ben Roethlisberger’s quitment, and there is still some more to be desired from Fields. He has shown he can direct Pittsburgh to victories.
GAME DAY TACOS FOR THE WATTS
J.J. and Derek may not be competing on the field anymore, but that does not nasty the competitive juices are not still flotriumphg.
That was on filled disperestablish after they all, including T.J., partnered with Old El Paso for a head-to-head game day taco competition, called “Watt Can Taco,” where J.J. was arrange and assess as T.J. and Derek took normal game day foods and built tacos with them.
The results were both prentingly competitive and tasty.
“Being the assess and tasting them all, some of them were bravely engaging,” J.J. said. “You’re wondering how soup’s going to turn into a taco. Shockingly better than I foreseeed. But it turned into a genuine competition very speedyly as you can imagine being one of three brothers who are very, very competitive. So, even on set, even filming a commercial, it turned into a very genuine competition. We also equitable got to have some tasty Old El Paso creations. That nacho cheese taco was phenomenal.”
The Watt Brothers, J.J., T.J. and Derek, create game day-inspired tacos with Old El Paso. (Old El Paso)
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“Definitely we made some novel creations for brave that probably have never been done. We showd anyleang can taco. One of my likeites was probably the Philly cheesesteak taco I made,” Derek compriseed.
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