Notes & Quotes-Watt injury-milestone, personal foul, key stats

PHILADELPHIA (93.7 The Fan) – The notes and quotes from the Steelers 27-13 loss at Philadelphia on Sunday. What was said about TJ Watt's injury? What the referee said about the unsportsmanlike call and Calvin Austin's reaction. Plus, the best comments from the Steelers locker room and key stats

Watt injury

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said he would have more information at noon Monday during his news conference on 93.7 The Fan on TJ Watt's fourth quarter injury. Tomlin said he believed it was a lower ankle injury. TJ said simply 'we will have to wait and see' in the locker room after.

"Feel bad for a guy that works his tail off," said Steelers captain Cam Heyward. "Hopefully I we will get him back soon, but I'm not a doctor. We'll see what happens."

"He's a leader of the whole squad," said Steelers tackle Broderick Jones. "When you lose a piece like that, you know it's a big deal. Everybody is just praying for him and hoping for the best. Hopefully it's nothing too major. Hopefully he can play next week."

"Fingers crossed, hopefully he recovers fast," Heyward added. "If he's not able to go, I like to think we are well equipped to get these guys right and go into the lion's den in the Baltimore Ravens."

Earlier in the game, Watt moved first past Ed 'Too Tall' Jones and then Mark Gastineau on the NFL all-time sacks list. Watt has 108 in his career and is 44th all-time. Calais Campbell and Greg Townsend are next with 109.5. Aaron Donald and Randy White have 111.

Personal foul

Tomlin pointed to it being a big play early in the game, when Darnell Washington and Calvin Austin were called for unsportmanlike penalties with the ball at the Eagles four-yard line. It appeared Washington and a couple of Philly players were exchanging punches, but only the Steelers were called for it.

"No punches were observed on the field (by the Eagles)," said referee Alan Eck. "Since we had flags down, it gave New York an opportunity to review the play as well. There was no video evidence of punches observed by the Philadelphia Eagles."

Tomlin said he didn't get a sufficient answer from the refs as to why the Steelers were the only team penalized. Austin surmised it was because the Steelers were the road team. He was surprised it was just called on one team.

"If I see plenty of Eagles come up and surround him, then I'm going to help by dog," Austin said. "I guess being the biggest guy out there, I'm going to get a flag called on me."

Stats
·     Combined in the first and third quarters, the Steelers were outgained 272 to 46
·     Eagles were 10-17 on 3rd down, Steelers 3-10
·     Total yards, 401-163 Philly
·     Eagles gained 7.7 yards per pass play (4.5 for Steelers)
·     Time of possession—39:52 Eagles, 20:08 Steelers
·     Pair of receivers over 100 yards for Philly, Smith 11-109, Brown 8-110
·     Steelers leading rusher was Najee Harris with 14 yards, Russell Wilson had 13
·     Calvin Austin had 5 catches for 65 yards, all other Steelers receivers combined for 3 receptions for 32 yards

Quotes

"Getting behind the sticks a lot, you are playing losing football that we. If we don't beat ourselves, it's a different game."
WR Calvin Austin

"It's not anything mystical. It's very fundamental. We have to play disciplined. We have to secure the ball. We have to tackle. We didn't do some of those fundamental things well enough to secure victory."Mike Tomlin

"We can't pout. We have to learn from it. We aren't afforded a lot of time. We have to have a memory like a goldfish."
DT Cam Heyward

"The refs are letting him push off. At the end of the day, that's what it is on tape. He's just throwing us, but he's one of those guys where they aren't going to call it."
CB Joey Porter, Junior on AJ Brown

"We got to stop kicking ourselves in the foot offensively. We didn't execute well enough."
TE Pat Freiermuth

"You just don't listen to the outside noise. The noise can blindside an immature team. What we can do, we can look at this film hard. We can fix what we need to fix and move on in the right direction."
LB Elandon Roberts

"It's a loss. I mean, let's not get dramatic."
Mike Tomlin

"We took the punch instead of delivered the punch."
WR Calvin Austin

Inactives

Most of the decisions were made on Friday with WR George Pickens, S DeShon Elliott and DT Larry Ogunjobi listed as inactive. CB Cory Trice, Jr. is the healthy inactive with Kyle Allen listed as the emergency quarterback.