Steelers EDGE T.J. Watt makes history, climbs sack leaderboard in win over Bengals

Defense was largely non-existent in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 44-38 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. However, the Steelers made multiple splash plays that helped alter the outcome of the game. Donte Jackson picked off a pass that was deflected by Cam Heyward, Payton Wilson scored a touchdown off a Nick Herbig strip sack, and T.J. Watt bounced back and had two sacks, one of which was a strip sack of his own. And in doing so, Watt has separated himself from almost every other player in NFL history.

With his performance, Watt now stands alone in third place for sacks in a player’s first eight seasons. He now has 106 sacks, trailing only DeMarcus Ware (111) and the late great Reggie White, who had 124 in his first eight years in the league.

Watt also has at least one sack in 67 games, surpassing Aaron Donald and Chandler Jones, who each had 66, for the fourth-most games with a sack by a player in their first eight seasons.


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