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T.J. Watt Speaks Glowingly of Head Coach Mike Tomlin
Sports Illustrated
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2/8/2024
T. J. Watt joins Sports Illustrated from Radio Row ahead of Super Bowl 58. The All-pro found it a point to mention how great Mike Tomlin is as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I have the first time three-time sack leader
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TJ watt, how we doing big dog? I'm doing well, man. Thanks for having me. I'm happy to be here. Yes, sir
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Yes, sir. Okay. Let's talk about the game. Let's get into the game real quick
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Who has a bigger impact we have Chris Jones or Nick Bosa. I
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Mean, that's a huge question. I think it's gonna be decided on game day. Whoever has the bigger game
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I'm obviously is gonna affect the game the most and probably give their team the best chance of victory
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Both those guys have had an incredible year though. Yeah, who would you?
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Who would you predict that's gonna win the game this week? Who you got dog?
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It's hard to bet I think it's hard to bet against Pat it is it really is hard to bet against Pat
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I think it's the Chiefs
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The only way the Chiefs don't get it done is if Chris Jones in that pass rush
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Or sorry as if Nick Bosa in that pass rush gets after him, but I don't see my homes going down
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All right, Patrick P said Patrick Peterson's good buddy mine golf buddy
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He said you are probably the most fiercest dude in that locker room
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Talk a little bit about playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers and what it means to you to you know
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Be there like almost kind of being part of the steel curtain, but you know in modern-day times
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Yeah, I mean, I'm living my dream. I really am. I don't take it for granted
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I'm very fortunate to be able to play a game that I love for living and I'd to be able to do in Pittsburgh with
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all the the legacy and tradition that we have
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It's a dream come true
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And I only get to play this game for a certain amount of years and I'm running out of those years as I continue to
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Get older so I want to maximize as much as I can and help my team win as much as possible so that we can
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Get back to winning playoff games and getting back to what's the other football is all about
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Okay, so you talk about legacy and obviously you and your brother have basically cemented yourselves in NFL history now
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It was kind of rumored that your brother
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Almost was going to be a Steeler
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Coming out of retirement. Is there any truth to that? And if so, would you love to play with your brother?
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I would love to play with him. Obviously, I think that ship has sailed at this point
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But yeah that we were trying to get it done. I mean it was a situation where I think he wanted
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to handpick where he wanted to go if a team was going to be in playoff contention and show positive things and
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It didn't end up happening for us, but uh, I'm happy
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I'm sure he's happy looking back now that he's healthy and he doesn't have to worry about all the soreness of coming back
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I see right for sure. So let's talk about the Steeler season
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Obviously it started off a little bit rocky, but y'all towards the end of season y'all were balling
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You made it to the playoffs talk a little bit about the resiliency that you had in y'all's locker room to just make that happen
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Yeah, I mean Mike T's incredible. He's a phenomenal motivator. Never too high. Never too low always very even keel
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Knows how to motivate the room and at the end of the day
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We understand that losing isn't acceptable and to have a good mix of young and old guys in locker room helps
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to be able to galvanize and turn the season around like we were able to
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But at the end of day it wasn't enough and we need to get back to the drawing board
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We need to improve on the things we need to improve on but also build on the things that we did
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Well and move in the next season. Yeah. All right, so you spoke about my tea
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I've heard a lot about my team
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But what do you say to fans and the people that are critical about him and wanting him out of Pittsburgh?
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I mean, it's it's a little crazy to me just because I see all the work behind the scenes
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I see how much he wants that I see just
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The way that he motivates us
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I mean how he can relate to a guy from Wisconsin versus a guy from Florida or Texas or all different types of backgrounds
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it's a skill to be able to relate and motivate guys like that and
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He's been doing well for a reason. He's the best man
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Are you the best defensive player in the league? That's subjective question, man. That's for you to answer not for me to answer
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Nobody's done it. I mean your brother's been here doing this thing for he was playing for a long time
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But nobody has ever said I have been I've led the league in sacks three times. I appreciate it
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I will give you that for sure. I appreciate it. Okay, so you're here with USAA. Talk to us a little bit about your partnership
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Yeah, I part of the USA the official NFL Salute of Service partner to gift Staff Sergeant Adam Alexander and his father-in-law
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Two tickets to the Super Bowl this weekend. He was over fighting for our country in Afghanistan. He was struck by enemy sniper fire
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And he was only given a 5% chance to live and he overcame those odds. He's back in Oshkosh
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working with
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veterans on a daily basis and I'm just so excited to meet him tomorrow and other veterans and military members and guests in the
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USA lounge and just to show my appreciation
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We get to sit here and talk in microphones and talk about my career and how I'm living out my dreams because of guys like
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Him that sacrifice for our country and our freedoms. So I'm very fortunate for that partnership
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Ladies and gentlemen, TJ Watt.
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(whooshing)
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