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Steelers Get Great News on T.J. Watt's Return Timeline

The Pittsburgh Steelers are dealing with a scary situation surrounding their superstar edge rusher, T.J. Watt. The former Defensive Player of the Year has been released from the hospital after undergoing surgery on his lung, but is now expected to make a full recovery.

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TJ Watt suffered collapsed lung while receiving treatment from Steelers

TJ Watt was confirmed to have suffered a collapsed lung on Friday, with the cause of the injury being a treatment at the team’s facility. Watt’s brother JJ posted on X Friday that TJ Watt underwent surgery on Thursday to repair a partially collapsed lung he suffered a day earlier.

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JJ Watt Detailed What Really Happened To Steelers Star TJ Watt Causing Collapsed Lung

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been in the national media throughout the week as star defender TJ Watt was hospitalized after experiencing lung discomfort on Wednesday.

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Steelers' Aaron Rodgers Reacts To Scary TJ Watt Health News

The Pittsburgh Steelers are gearing up to try and continue moving in the winning column with a Week 15 matchup at Acrisure Stadium against the Miami Dolphins.

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Three Reasons Steelers Could Lose to Dolphins

The Pittsburgh Steelers are the favorites heading into their Week 15 primetime bout with the Miami Dolphins at Acrisure Stadium, but a win is far from a sure thing for them.

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Major updates on Watt's lung issue, status for Dolphins game revealed

Major updates on T.J. Watt's lung issue, status for Dolphins game revealed

During Friday's edition of NFL Network's "Good Morning Football" program, league insider Tom Pelissero revealed the exact nature of Watt's issue.

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T.J. Watt News / Steeler Nation / December 12

Steelers' TJ Watt Has Mysterious Problem With Lung Revealed After New Report

The Pittsburgh Steelers had to deal with a relatively scary situation on Wednesday and fans found out not too long after the TJ Watt had to be hospitalized due to an issue with his lung.

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Latest On Steelers OLB T.J. Watt

Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Steelers OLB T.J. Watt went into the team’s facility on Wednesday morning to get a workout in. Pelissero says Watt finished doing his lift and went for his normal treatment, but was in some pain.

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How the Steelers can compensate if Watt misses Week 15

On Thursday, the Pittsburgh Steelers released information on star veteran T.J. Watt saying that he had experienced lung pain following Wednesday’s practice and was being medically evaluated, missing practice on Thursday.

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'Can Be Life Threatening': Well-Known Doctor Worried Steelers' TJ Watt Could Be Facing Scary Situation

It was business as usual for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday as the team returned from a rare day off on Wednesday with a Monday Night Football contest on the horizon.

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Former Steelers DB Announces NFL Retirement

The Pittsburgh Steelers are now in a fully new era of defensive back play. With James Pierre, Brandin Echols and Kyle Dugger being the new faces of the Steelers' secondary, the team is far from the era of Minkah Fitzpatrick and Levi Wallace.

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Aaron Rodgers Announces Plan for His NFL Retirement Decision

Questions about retirement have followed Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers for years. After tearing his Achilles tendon with the New York Jets in 2023, there were doubts about whether or not the Green Bay Packers legend would play another game.

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Aaron Rodgers shares why he is happy about Philip Rivers’ comeback

Philip Rivers has made an NFL comeback at the age of 44, and that has Aaron Rodgers happy for at least one reason. Rivers had retired after the 2020 season, but he decided to sign with the Indianapolis Colts this week after they sustained injuries to quarterbacks Daniel Jones and Riley Leonard.