T.J. Watt's Impact on Steelers' Success: A Game Changer

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00:00Mr. Watt, the job that that guy does for the Steelers rushing the quarterback, he's the

00:11reason they win football games.

00:13He's like the entire reason they win football games.

00:17He's a huge part of it.

00:19There's no doubt it.

00:20I wasn't anticipating this, but I will tell you that their record when he actually plays

00:28versus when he's injured and absent, the disparity is staggering.

00:33They are basically a 250-football team without him and about a 700-or-so football team with

00:39him.

00:40He is a game-changer.

00:41And, of course, in Pittsburgh, there's a lot of consternation has been since the end of

00:46last season about the fact that he was not named Defensive Player of the Year a year

00:51ago when he led the league in sacks and was his typical force because he didn't have a

00:56high enough pass-rush win rate.

00:58How about that, Scott?

01:00Not a high enough pass-rush win rate.

01:03It's not easy to say that two times in a row, and it's really hard to figure how anybody

01:07could think that's more important than actually sacking the quarterback.

01:10Yeah, I don't even know.

01:13What's next?

01:14Is exit velocity?

01:15I really can't keep track of all this stuff.

01:17So let me ask you this.

01:18Don't get me started on exit below.