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The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without their best player against the Buffalo Bills.
On Tuesday, Mike Tomlin told the media that T.J. Watt will not play in Sunday’s Super Wild Card matchup against the Bills. Watt suffered a knee injury in the team’s regular season finale against the Baltimore Ravens.
Via ESQ, here is what Mike Tomlin said about the Steelers being without Watt against the Bills.
“Obviously playing without T.J. is significant, but to be quite honest with you, we’ve played without a lot of people this year,” Tomlin told the media.
“It’s just another opportunity for us to strike a blow for team and to display what team really means, a collective of individuals that work together in an effort to produce an outcome. It’s not going to be a one-man job in terms of replacing T.J. … Just like I stood before you and said similar things when Cameron Heyward missed a block of games, it is going to be a by committee approach.
“We better strengthen our output in other areas because T.J. is one of a kind, but that’s ball. There’s an attrition component to it. That’s what makes it the ultimate team game.”
Watt recorded 19 sacks, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and 36 quarterback hits in 17 games with the Steelers this season. Pittsburgh’s by committee approach could find some success on Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadium, but it is hard to envision them making the type of impact that Watt would have on the game.
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