{"id":71152,"date":"2025-12-26T20:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T20:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/71152\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T20:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T20:51:06","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-lb-t-j-watt-out-vs-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/71152\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers LB T.J. Watt OUT vs. Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pittsburgh Steelers can wrap up the AFC North this weekend, which would mark the first time they\u2019ve won the division since 2020. The Steelers will face the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland in Week 17. With a win, they win the AFC North, but they will have to do so without T.J. Watt for the third consecutive game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The former Defensive Player of the Year returned to practice this week as a limited participant, but the Steelers are being cautious with him after his lung injury that required surgery. Also ruled out are wide receiver Calvin Austin III (hamstring), cornerback Brandin Echols (groin), and cornerback James Pierre (calf).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cornerback Jalen Ramsey is questionable with an illness, as is guard Isaac Seumalo with a triceps injury. Every other player who has appeared on the injury report has no game designation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers can clinch the division with either a win or a Baltimore Ravens loss on Saturday to the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers can wrap up the AFC North this weekend, which would mark the first time they\u2019ve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,10947,4853],"class_list":["post-71152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-injuries","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}