Lip-readers think they know what furious T.J. Watt said to Steelers' DC after taking headset

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Given how Thursday night's NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns played out, linebacker T.J. Watt's frustration is understandable. The 31-year-old linebacker had a strong statistical night, tallying four tackles, one sack, one forced fumble (and recovery), and one pass defensed, yet the Steelers struggled to find answers for the Browns' offense throughout the second quarter.

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After Pittsburgh grabbed a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, the Browns then marched down the field for three consecutive touchdown drives, each spanning more than 55 yards, to take a 21-10 halftime lead. While the Steelers managed to get things under control defensively from that point, part of it may have been thanks to an obviously frustrated Watt taking a headset and apparently having a quick chat with defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, according to the NFL on Prime Video broadcast.

The clearly frustrated Watt likely had a mostly one-sided conversation, as lip-readers quickly jumped on what it appeared the linebacker said over the headset. As you can probably imagine, it was believed to include some NSFW language.

While there are a few minor variations of what most believe Watt said, the general consensus is that he may have said, "Call the [expletive] players better, what the [expletive], man?"

Obviously, we don't know with certainty that's what Watt said, but one thing is clear: whatever choice words he did have seemed to work. The Steelers allowed just six points throughout the second half, but unfortunately, three of those came on a go-ahead 56-yard field goal with roughly 10 seconds remaining.

Given that the only Browns drives in the second half in which the offense gained more than 18 yards were the two field goals and a fumble, the game could have gone very differently if the Steelers' defense had flipped that switch a bit earlier.

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