Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin confirmed that star outside linebacker T.J. Watt will be out against the Buffalo Bills after he suffered a grade 2 MCL sprain during Saturday’s win against Baltimore.
“Playing without TJ is significant,” Tomlin said. He added that it will take more than one player to replace Watt but believes they have better depth now than they’ve had in the past.
“We got depth at that position,” Tomlin said Tuesday. “We are as deep at that position as we have been in some time. We are comfortable in the quality of depth.”
Watt’s brother J.J., knows a little bit about football.
J.J. responded to a tweet from ESPN’s Adam Schefter saying that T.J. would be out against the Bills with a Photoshopped image of him in a #90 Steelers jersey.
“Think they’d notice?” said Watt.
Of course, it won’t happen, but it’s fun to think about.