T.J. Watt’s Frustration Boils Over: What’s Really Standing Between Him and Steelers’ Playoff Glory?

Watt’s quote, however, proves his point. It’s not the number of rings that matters as much as the fact that those players won a Super Bowl during their time with the Steelers.

“It’s something that we haven’t been able to do since I’ve been there. I think that’s absolutely unacceptable, and that is what’s attached to my name right now. I have to answer for that. As much as it sucks, when you say T.J. Watt, X, Y, Z, you also say, T.J. Watt, not won a playoff game.”But the premier pass rusher knows he’s missing something that many of those Steelers greats share: playoff success and, more notably, a Super Bowl ring.A 2017 first-round pick of the Steelers, Watt has 108 career sacks. That’s 5.5 more than Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett and the sixth most among active NFL players. Watt won NFL Defensive Player of the Year during the 2021 campaign, in which he tied New York Giants Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan’s single-season league record of 22.5 sacks.

A 2017 first-round pick of the Steelers, Watt has 108 career sacks. That’s 5.5 more than Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett and the sixth most among active NFL players. Watt won NFL Defensive Player of the Year during the 2021 campaign, in which he tied New York Giants Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan’s single-season league record of 22.5 sacks.

A 2017 first-round pick of the Steelers, Watt has 108 career sacks. That’s 5.5 more than Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett and the sixth most among active NFL players. Watt won NFL Defensive Player of the Year during the 2021 campaign, in which he tied New York Giants Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan’s single-season league record of 22.5 sacks.

“Winning a Super Bowl is no doubt motivating me and winning a playoff game is absolutely motivating me,” Watt said in an episode of “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” that will air in its entirety this September.Watt agreed to a three-year, 3 million extension with Pittsburgh last week, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history for the second time in his six-time All-Pro career.