Plays of the Year: T.J. Watt punches the ball out of Gus Edwards’ hands

Steel City Underground presents “Plays of the Year” featuring the tops runs, catches, hits and everything else in-between from the Pittsburgh Steelers 2019 season.

When you need a big play, who do you call upon on the Steelers defense?

T.J. Watt answered every call in that way during the entire 2019 season and once again came up big in Week 17’s clash against the Baltimore Ravens.

Following halftime, the Steelers were down 16-7. A Duck Hodges fumble had put the Steelers in a precarious position, giving up their first offensive touchdown to the Ravens all afternoon.

The Steelers offense would start the second half but also fail to generate anything, going three-and-out: and giving the ball right back to the Ravens.

Watt would then make his case for being part of the conversation for the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, coming up with this huge play, stripping the football from Ravens running back right after the Steelers offense had stalled in their back-to-back possessions.

The strip of Gus Edwards would come on Baltimore’s third play of their opening drive of the second half:

The Steelers would get the ball on the Ravens 34-yard-line and eventually add three points to the scoreboard, their final points of a game they would lose by a final score of 28-10, officially eliminating them from the playoffs during a rollercoaster 8-8 season.