Pittsburgh Steelers: Player stock falling/rising after Week 1

CLEVELAND, OH - SEPTEMBER 09: T.J. Watt #90 of the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrates with Jon Bostic #51 after sacking Tyrod Taylor #5 of the Cleveland Browns during the first quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 9, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /

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CLEVELAND, OH – SEPTEMBER 09: T.J. Watt #90 of the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrates with Jon Bostic #51 after sacking Tyrod Taylor #5 of the Cleveland Browns during the first quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 9, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /

T.J. Watt – Stock: WAY up

T.J. Watt entered his sophomore season with a solid rookie foundation built in 2017. He took that building block and stacked more on top of it, four more to be exact.

Watt manhandled the Browns front to the tune of four sacks on the day. He also tallied 11 total tackles and had the crucial blocked field goal to preserve the tie.

Watt made the swap of sides with Bud Dupree this offseason and the swap paid off for him in week one. Time will tell if the swap is what did it or if the second year pro just had an extremely good week one.

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