by: Grant Grubbs 4 hours ago grant_grubbs_
Pittsburgh Steelers star linebacker TJ Watt will return for the team’s showdown against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Watt has missed the Steelers’ past three games while recovering from a partially punctured lung.
“I feel pretty good, honestly,” Watt said Friday. “I don’t know if I could have said that a week ago, but I feel really good. Feel really confident about the week of practice and excited to play.”
Watt suffered a punctured lung on Dec. 10 during a dry-needling session at the Steelers’ team facility. He underwent surgery for the injury just two days later. While meeting with media, Watt reflected on the shocking medical emergency.
“Anytime you spend two or three nights in the hospital, it sucks,” Watt said. “But luckily I have a great support system here, with my wife, obviously, my family. Everybody at the team was really supportive, and I think, more than anything, it was just trying to figure out how to attack coming back.
“It’s not like a knee, so it was all new feelings. It was a surgery I wasn’t very familiar with, but I’m very happy to feel as good as I do right now.”