PITTSBURGH — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin ruled outside linebacker T.J. Watt out for Sunday's game against the Patriots, but he indicated that the pectoral injury that forced Watt to miss the latter stages of the Week 1 victory in Cincinnati won't be season-ending.
"Let me say this: We're probably in a lot better place than we were after the game," Tomlin said Tuesday afternoon during his weekly news conference. "I can definitively say T.J. won't play this week, but I won't make any commitments beyond that. We're encouraged, and we'll continue to look at the situation, gain opinions and do what's appropriate, as we always do."
Watt was injured with 16 seconds remaining in regulation as he tried to get past Bengals offensive tackle La'el Collins.
