TJ Watt to start over Harrison

I expect Watt to get 6-8 sacks this season, Harrison off the bench with 5 sacks. That would be good production from their side .

 

And hopefully another 8-10 from Bud.

 

I'm excited to see what Watt does. This should be a really fun season to watch!

 

I thought, out of courtesy, they would start James in game one and then move to TJ progressively.

 

I think I remember reading that Harrison said he was cool about it. I'd imagine they'd split time pretty evenly and Watt will just start. Harrison is definitely in when it matters, though.

 

i agree completely. I think Deebo has earned that.

 

My thoughts the same.


Mike Tomlin played his cards close to his chest when he was asked at the beginning of August that he was not "playing into that again" when Joey called James a "relief pitcher."



Now, Tomlin states that T.J. has been a starter "since day zero". I would imagine he was going to say something sooner rather than later but only during the regular season.




Either way, I am happy for T.J. Time to showcase what he has learned during the preseason.

 

We drafted T J to start, so start him, the browns are starting their rookie edge rusher garret so why not start our rookie, get all the game experience we can give him, harrison doesnt have to prove anything and he is fine with it, so leave it be.....

 

They said Tomlin made it clear that TJ earned the spot and nothing was given. Although Tunch and Wof acknowledged that it wasn't as if Harrison was given the opportunity to compete it was more an understanding that he was the starter if TJ wasn't showing that he was grasping the defense. So it's not a snub against Deebo but more of a tip of the cap to Watt with a safety valve in case he struggles

 

I expect to see us have 5 sacks and two picks with rookie Kizer starting his first NFL game against starters instead of 3s and 4s playing a vanila game....

 

11 sacks for watt based on pure relentlessness and effort.....
God help opposing qb's when he adds technique

5 sacks from harrison as he comes in against tired o-linemen... (And more than his fair share of forced holding penalties


14 sacks for bud

9 sacks for tuitt and 8 for heyward

 

Good. Might as well throw TJ Watt into the fire and see what he's got. I like how the Steelers have not been coddling rookies these past two years.

 

Good god we're gonna get after the QB hard with those stats haha that's 47! That's not even including Hargrave (who will have a couple), Our depth rushers (Chick, Alualu, Moats) the ILB's (who will definitely get some) and the secondary (I bet a corner or two gets a couple. Davis will probably get one too)

 

Holy cow, I hope you're right! It won't matter how sketchy our secondary is, if the opposing QB's are on their backs that often.

 

We were tied for 9th in the league last year with 38 sacks, should be better this year for sure.........

 

More man coverage which means less OLB'S dropping into Zone . If our CB'S can hold up for just a bit in coverage and our Offense scores TD'S at a greater rate in the Redzone I predict the Steelers to be #1 in the NFL in sacks .

I going to go bold and say 50 starting with 6 on opening day .

 

Dont under estimate TJ, he has that big motor like his brother, I think he can get to that 10 range ............

 

I'm wondering about the man coverage and when it starts to be prevalent. They started to practice it more and got away from it in camp due to injuries. Now we have new bodies.

 

It should be the main stay this week vs. a Rookie QB . No way we could run it good yet if we had a elite QB with experience throwing at it . I think they went away from it more because Ross could not play it . Haden can play it and I bet they are right back on track putting the man back in.

Also they have replaced Gay in the slot with a younger faster player this makes me believe they intend to man up on 3 WR sets or less..I don't see the Browns going 4 and 5 wide much in this game.

With more man we may even see more single high Safety this week as well and bring the SS down in the box for more run support .

Having CB'S who can play in the same zipcode is huge for a Defense.

 

If bud and watt turn out to be busts I'm jumping off a cliff with my bell jersey.


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I think the fact that no NFL team used man more than 50% of the time last year suggests how much we should expect to see it.

The point of introducing man corners was to give the D more options. It's not a magical hack for victory. So I expect we'll see a mixture based on what they expect will throw Kizer the most.

 

Big test in Joe Thomas, I'm excited to see what the kid can do.