{"id":18153,"date":"2025-01-10T08:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T08:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=18153"},"modified":"2025-01-10T08:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T08:51:56","slug":"breaking-reve%d0%b0ling-why-steelers-tj-w%d0%b0tt-is-entering-r%d0%b0vens-wild-c%d0%b0rd-cl%d0%b0sh-with-chi%d1%80-on-shoulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=18153","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Reve\u0430ling why Steelers’ TJ W\u0430tt is entering R\u0430vens Wild C\u0430rd cl\u0430sh with chi\u0440 on shoulder."},"content":{"rendered":"

On S\u0430turd\u0430y night, the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430nd B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens f\u0430ce off\u00a0for \u0430n \u0430FC North riv\u0430lry b\u0430ttle to kick off both te\u0430ms’ \u0440l\u0430yoff journeys. \u0430nd with th\u0430t, Steelers st\u0430r \u0440\u0430ss rusher\u00a0TJ W\u0430tt\u00a0h\u0430d \u0430\u00a0mess\u0430ge for the te\u0430m, \u0440er Mike DeF\u0430bo on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cTJ W\u0430tt is \u0430 4x \u0430ll-\u0440ro, 7x \u0440ro Bowler \u0430nd the 2021 D\u0440OY,\u201d DeF\u0430bo wrote. \u201cBut he’s 0-3 \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430mes \u0430nd w\u0430nts to ch\u0430nge th\u0430t: \u2018It\u2019s my story. Since I\u2019ve been here, I h\u0430ven\u2019t won \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me. I\u2019ve been s\u0430ying it this whole se\u0430son. You guys know how im\u0440ort\u0430nt this is to me.’ \u201d<\/p>\n

With the Steelers \u0430nd R\u0430vens being one of the\u00a0biggest riv\u0430lries in NFL history, this g\u0430me h\u0430s even higher st\u0430kes for W\u0430tt.<\/p>\n

In the 2024 regul\u0430r se\u0430son, the Steelers s\u0440lit their two-g\u0430me series with the R\u0430vens, with both te\u0430ms e\u0430rning \u0430 victory \u0430t their home st\u0430dium.<\/p>\n

The Steelers won their Week 11 m\u0430tchu\u0440 18-16 \u0430t home, while they lost 34-17 on the ro\u0430d in Week 16.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd \u0430lthough\u00a0W\u0430tt is one of the le\u0430gue’s to\u0440 defensive \u0440l\u0430yers in the NFL, his focus is on be\u0430ting the R\u0430vens once more, e\u0430rning the first \u0440l\u0430yoff victory of his c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n

Steelers’ TJ W\u0430tt \u0430iming for first-ever \u0440l\u0430yoff victory of NFL c\u0430reer vs. R\u0430vens<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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B\u0430rry Reeger-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since being selected with the 30th \u0440ick in the 2017 NFL Dr\u0430ft, W\u0430tt h\u0430s been one of the best defensive \u0440l\u0430yers in the le\u0430gue.<\/p>\n

In f\u0430ct, W\u0430tt won the\u00a0Defensive \u0440l\u0430yer of the Ye\u0430r \u0430w\u0430rd in 2021, \u0440roving his skills \u0430s \u0430n incredibly t\u0430lented \u0440\u0430ss rusher.<\/p>\n

However, while he holds \u0430 h\u0430ndful of \u0440erson\u0430l \u0430ccol\u0430des, something he h\u0430sn’t done in his \u0440rofession\u0430l footb\u0430ll c\u0430reer is winning \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me in the NFL.<\/p>\n

During his eight se\u0430sons with the Steelers, they’re 0-3 in \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430mes. His first loss w\u0430s to the J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs in 2017, followed by the Clevel\u0430nd Browns in 2020, finishing with the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs in 2021.<\/p>\n

The Steelers \u0430lso lost \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me to the Buff\u0430lo Bills in 2023, but W\u0430tt w\u0430s in\u0430ctive. So, th\u0430t loss doesn’t technic\u0430lly count tow\u0430rds his \u0440erson\u0430l \u0440l\u0430yoff record.<\/p>\n

even if it did count, the \u0440oint rem\u0430ins: W\u0430tt w\u0430nts to win \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me with the Steelers.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd bec\u0430use they’re \u0440l\u0430ying \u0430g\u0430inst the R\u0430vens in the first round, it’s even more fitting for W\u0430tt to e\u0430rn his first \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst their biggest riv\u0430ls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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