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Steelers Keeping T.J. Watt on Snap Count Against Saints

The Pittsburgh Steelers won't give T.J. Watt a full workload this week.

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers will get a huge lift on defense this week when they take on the New Orleans Saints at Acrisure Stadium. All-Pro linebacker T.J. Watt has recovered from a torn pectoral muscle and will play for the first time since suffering the injury in Week 1 against the Cincinnati Bengals. 

But Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin said that they won't put Watt through a full workload. They'll ease him back into action and take what they can get from Watt. 

"I don't think it'll be a full 60-play game for him," Austin said. "I don't think that's realistic to think for a guy coming back after seven weeks, eight weeks. But we'll get what we can out of him."

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper. He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press. During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general. 

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