Steelers place TJ Watt on PUP list after suffering hamstring injury
Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker TJ Watt will open training camp on the PUP (physically unable to perform) list. He was placed on the PUP after suffering a minor hamstring injury.
We have placed T.J. Watt on the Active/PUP (Physically Unable to Perform) List to begin training camp.
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Head coach Mike Tomlin said Thursday:
“TJ Watt did experience some tightness in his left hamstring after the completion of the last rep (of the team’s run test on Thursday), so we may PUP him and put him on the PUP List saying that he is not available at the initial onset tomorrow morning.
He may be on for a very short period of time. We are evaluating that as we speak. Again, he was able to complete the test, he just expressed some tightness there at the end, so we will do what is appropriate from that standpoint.”
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TJ Watt has been a hit in the Steel City since the Steelers selected him 30th overall in the 2017 draft. After getting seven sacks in 2017, he followed up with 68 combined tackles and 13 sacks in 2018 en route to his first Pro Bowl appearance.
In a short time, the former Wisconsin star has turned into a key member of Pittsburgh’s defense.
Anthony Chickillo is the likely replacement for Watt at outside linebacker.
