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As of week 7, T.J. Watt was an OLB for PIT, age 31.9, 9 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 68% of snaps; his line was 3 tackles a game, 0.9 sacks a game and 0.4 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 140 games (postseason included) over 9 seasons with 7 Pro Bowls, 4 first-team All-Pro and 2 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 18 episodes (groin 3, knee 3, ankle 2), 4 of them reaching OUT, 7 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a lung injury in 2025 week 19.
The full read
In short
T.J. Watt is a starter at weak-side linebacker for PIT — 77% of the snaps in his best week of 6. This week he did not practise, then practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report.
What the reports say
our calls for this week are for members
The reports, quoted
What was reported
Source
1
“T.J. Watt popped up on the injury report Thursday with a calf issue, but he's listed as a full participant here and will play in Week 7.”
Steelers Depot · 2026-10-23
2
“Watt previously had not participated in Wednesday's practice with a rest designation. The calf injury is new.”
Behind The Steel Curtain · 2026-10-22
3
“OLB T.J. Watt (NIR/rest)”
Steelers Depot · 2026-10-21
We have made a call on him this week
It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.
Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Oct 23
LPdated Fri Oct 23
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
Shape of the week: improving. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game3.0 range 1.0–4.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.9 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games · above most of his peers
Passes defended / game0.4 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Snap share68.2% range 56–77
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
63%wk 1
56%wk 2
77%wk 3
73%wk 4
72%wk 5
68%wk 6
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
0
Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 6
Not injury related
2
—
2025 · wk 15
lung
5
Out
2025 · wk 14
toe
1
—
2025 · wk 2
Not injury related
10
—
2024 · wk 16
ankle
1
—
2024 · wk 12
Not injury related
4
—
2024 · wk 3
Not injury related
4
—
2023 · wk 19
knee
1
Out
2023 · wk 18
Not injury related
1
—
2023 · wk 15
concussion
1
—
2023 · wk 7
achilles
2
—
2022 · wk 12
Not injury related
1
—
2022 · wk 11
chest
3
Questionable
2022 · wk 2
chest
1
—
2021 · wk 15
groin
1
—
2021 · wk 11
hip
2
Out
2021 · wk 3
groin
2
Questionable
2020 · wk 17
Not injury related
1
—
2020 · wk 6
shoulder
1
—
2020 · wk 5
knee
1
—
2019 · wk 16
Not injury related
2
—
2019 · wk 8
abdomen
1
—
2019 · wk 2
hip
1
—
2017 · wk 14
knee
1
—
2017 · wk 8
ankle
1
—
2017 · wk 3
groin
2
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 26 episodes · 53 weeks on a report · same site more than once: not injury related ×8
2017
knee · 1wankle · 1wgroin · 2w
2019
Not injury related · 2wabdomen · 1whip · 1w
2020
Not injury related · 1wshoulder · 1wknee · 1w
2021
groin · 1whip · 2wgroin · 2w
2022
Not injury related · 1wchest · 3wchest · 1w
2023
Not injury related · 1wconcussion · 1wachilles · 2w
2024
ankle · 1wNot injury related · 4wNot injury related · 4w
2025
lung · 5wtoe · 1wNot injury related · 10w
2026
Not injury related · 2w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6PLAY 91% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Wk 7locked
Season on him: 1 of 1 graded call of ours right. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
DeShon Elliott
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Sebastian Joseph-Day
DE
DNP
team's word
—
Jack Driscoll
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Brandin Echols
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Ben Skowronek
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Donte Kent
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Gennings Dunker
G
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
age 31.9 · 9 seasons' experience · drafted round 1
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.