JJ, Derek Watt love how Justin Fields has performed with Steelers: 'He’s improved every game'

Game days for the Watt household are overmuch antithetic present than successful caller years, arsenic determination is lone Pittsburgh Steelers prima borderline rusher T.J. Watt successful the league, portion his older brother, J.J., and younger member and erstwhile teammate, Derek, are some retired. 

That besides means J.J. and Derek are some locked successful connected T.J. and the Steelers each week, which has led to watching a batch of Justin Fields astatine quarterback. 

Russell Wilson whitethorn beryllium steadfast this week, but it appears Fields volition proceed to commencement for Mike Tomlin's squad, and rightfully so. Pittsburgh is 3-1, and though they suffered their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the play past week connected the roadworthy against the Indianapolis Colts, it was Fields who was consistently making plays to support them successful the game. 

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Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Justin Fields, #2, looks to propulsion a walk during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Indianapolis Colts connected Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Fields has not been flashy astatine all. In fact, caller violative coordinator Arthur Smith was trying to easiness him into the starting relation astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth with an accent connected the tally crippled and casual walk concepts. 

However, the Watt brothers, arsenic they watched T.J. get 3 sacks and 12 tackles done 4 games, person been impressed with what Fields has enactment connected the gridiron frankincense acold successful this caller section with Pittsburgh. 

"He’s improved each game," J.J. told Fox News Digital. "They’ve made it a small easier connected him from the commencement successful leaning connected the moving crippled and giving him immoderate casual completions successful that archetypal crippled similar they talked about. Arthur Smith talked astir however helium didn’t privation to propulsion successful the mediate due to the fact that of Jessie Bates, truthful conscionable trying to marque the crippled casual for him. 

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"As he’s gone each week, his assurance has grown. Obviously, his moving ability, we’ve each known astir that, truthful that adds to it. But he’s getting that content successful himself and the squad is believing successful him, truthful everything is coming together, and it’s moving precise well."

Derek added, "I deliberation he’s conscionable done precise well, similar J.J. said. I mean, conscionable truly managing the crippled well, and helium brings that other dynamic to it with the plays helium tin marque with his feet. He’s done a large occupation doing what they request to bash to triumph games. Last crippled was a small tough, and I thought helium played good and gave them a warring chance. But overall, he’s done capable to assistance them triumph games and that’s each you tin truly ask."

That is the key; Fields is not being flashy oregon trying to bash excessively much. 

Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Justin Fields, #2, throws a walk during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Indianapolis Colts connected Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

The Steelers are lone averaging 18.8 points per game, which is 24th successful the league. However, they are averaging 128.5 yards rushing per game, which is 10th-best. Fields is adding to that full with his runs portion throwing for 207.5 yards per crippled astatine a 70.6% completion rate. 

Pittsburgh evidently wants that fig up, but each that matters to Coach Tomlin and the remainder of the battalion is the win-loss record, which presently has them atop the AFC North. 

However, the Steelers would not beryllium successful this presumption without a stellar defence that allowed the fourth-lowest yards per crippled (261.3) and the second-least magnitude of points per contention (13.3). 

The Watts cognize their member has thing to bash with that, as T.J. has consistently fixed violative lines occupation for the past 7 seasons. He had 19 sacks past twelvemonth to pb the league, though Cleveland Browns prima Myles Garrett was named Defensive Player of the Year. T.J., though, was granted that grant successful 2021. 

"We substance each day, each day," J.J. said of however the brothers interact with T.J. connected crippled day. "We virtually texted a mates 100 times this greeting already. So, crippled day’s the same. Texting during the game, texting aft the game. So, we’re perpetually successful communication. It’s the champion portion of having 2 brothers, and it’s besides the craziest portion of having 2 brothers who play successful the NFL. There’s truly astir cipher connected the satellite that gets to person conversations similar these with their brothers."

"Literally each crippled starts with a substance successful the radical chat successful each caps, ‘GAMEDAY TJ,’ with a clump of exclamation points," Derek added. "Then, get a gauge connected however he’s feeling, and yeah, we’re perfectly locked successful connected crippled time watching him and blowing up his telephone for aft the crippled to travel spot our thoughts. Yeah, conscionable emotion watching him and keeping successful interaction for sure."

J.J. Watt, left, with his brothers Derek Watt and T.J. Watt, right, appears connected the reddish carpet anterior to the NFL Honors awards presumption astatine YouTube Theater. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

The Watts are a tight-knit set of brothers who genuinely champion 1 another, and it is connected afloat show each week erstwhile T.J. takes the tract successful achromatic and gold. 

However, what the Steelers person been missing with specified a large defence is consistency astatine the backmost presumption since Ben Roethlisberger's retirement, and determination is inactive immoderate much to beryllium desired from Fields. He has proven helium tin pb Pittsburgh to victories.

GAME DAY TACOS FOR THE WATTS

J.J. and Derek whitethorn not beryllium competing connected the tract anymore, but that does not mean the competitory juices are not inactive flowing. 

That was connected afloat show aft they all, including T.J., partnered with Old El Paso for a head-to-head crippled time taco competition, called "Watt Can Taco," wherever J.J. was big and justice arsenic T.J. and Derek took accustomed crippled time foods and built tacos with them. 

The results were some satisfyingly competitory and delicious. 

"Being the justice and tasting them all, immoderate of them were surely interesting," J.J. said. "You’re wondering however soup’s going to crook into a taco. Shockingly amended than I expected. But it turned into a existent contention precise rapidly arsenic you tin ideate being 1 of 3 brothers who are very, precise competitive. So, adjacent connected set, adjacent filming a commercial, it turned into a precise existent competition. We besides conscionable got to person immoderate delicious Old El Paso creations. That nacho food taco was phenomenal."

The Watt Brothers, J.J., T.J. and Derek, marque crippled day-inspired tacos with Old El Paso. (Old El Paso)

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"Definitely we made immoderate caller creations for definite that astir apt person ne'er been done. We proved thing tin taco. One of my favorites was astir apt the Philly cheesesteak taco I made," Derek added. 

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