Steelers HC Mike Tomlin left speechless when asked about a rare accolade for T.J. Watt

The Pittsburgh Steelers put together their best game of the season thus far, leaving Vegas with all their pocket change after a 32-13 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders.

For the defense, it was another turnover-heavy day, as CB Donte Jackson caught an interception, and T.J. Watt forced not one, but two fumbles.

Well, even Mike Tomlin had a tough time explaining how Watt was capable of completing such a rare feat:

Not once, but twice for T.J.

"Again, I don't know what other way to state it, other than I'm not surprised by it, but it doesn't make it any less amazing," said Coach Tomlin when asked about Watt's capabilities. "If you've been around him during the course of his career here, you just know that he is going to seize those moments. He's going to rise up and be what we need him to be in some form or fashion. And I just think today was a reflection of it. It's just a another chapter and his awesome story that is his career."

For Watt, the challenge might have been the toughest of his season thus far, Things are a lot easier when you have Nick Herbig on the other side, much less Alex Highsmith, but the team was down to practice squad players following injuries to three of their four best pass rushers.

And still, with all attention going his way, Watt didn't find the statbook in terms of sacks, but he made an even bigger impact.

"I don't know. I mean, I can feel the slides and chips and things of that nature, but I understand that a certain point, if they want to truly eliminate getting you getting to the quarterback, with getting the ball out quick to the slides and chips, like a team can pretty much do that if they want to," said Watt on how he managed the added attention...

"...So I'm going to have to try to find ways to continue to affect the game as much as possible. And I've been doing the punch out since, I mean, back to Tim Tibesar in college at Wisconsin. He coached Peanut Tillman in Chicago, and he used to always tell me that Peanut used to always get a ball out every day in practice. And I carried that with me, and it's been something I've continued to try to do, especially when you get in those situations, and when you have a defense that flies around like this, you're able to take more chances. I don't always get the football, but when you do, it's a big play."

For Watt, it feels like every play is a big play at this point of his career, and he only looks to continue that through his athletic prime.

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