The Seattle Seahawks-Pittsburgh Steelers game Sunday had quite the run of back and forth moments, including Steelers’ TE Eric Ebron tying it up heading into half with his third career rushing touchdown on just his fifth career carry. It also had a wild finish to regulation, with Seahawks’ WR DK Metcalf fumbling the ball and teammate Freddie Swain recovering it with 10 seconds left and no timeouts, then Swain rushing over to get the ball set up so they could spike it (which they did, with one second left), only for booth review to buzz down, pause the clock, and make them spike it again before Jason Myers was able to kick a game-tying field goal. And then in overtime, both teams’ first drives ended in punts, but when the Seahawks got the ball back, Steelers’ DE T.J. Watt stepped up and punched the ball loose:
TJ WATT FORCES THE FUMBLE. #HereWeGo
📺: #SEAvsPIT on NBC
📱: NFL app pic.twitter.com/SbUBpLy0qI— NFL (@NFL) October 18, 2021
This has been a habit for Watt:
📽️ T.J. Watt strip-sack on Geno Smith in OT
Watt forced his 12th turnover caused by pressure since 2018, tied for 3rd-most in the NFL in that span.
Chris Boswell kicked a game-winning 37-yd field goal three plays later…
Steelers win, 23-20.#StatThat | Powered by @awscloud pic.twitter.com/VU2rXmqXO8
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) October 18, 2021
And that led to this game-winning field goal from Boswell:
.@Steelers WIN in OT. #HereWeGo #SEAvsPIT pic.twitter.com/OG4pf2Gdrz
— NFL (@NFL) October 18, 2021
That Watt play (which he’s seen celebrating above) was huge, and it was part of a good night for him. He also had two sacks (both in OT), three tackles for loss, three pass deflections, and six solo tackles overall. And his OT sacks made some history:
How about some T.J. Watt stats:
From ELIAS: T.J. Watt is the first player in at least the last 40 seasons with 2 sacks and a forced fumble in OT.
Watt is also the first player with 2 sacks in an OT period since Anthony Weaver vs the Steelers in 2005, per @ESPNStatsInfo.
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) October 18, 2021
But this forced fumble was particularly impactful, and it directly set up the Steelers’ win.
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