The Watt family name has become synonymous with Wisconsin football over the past decade. Yesterday, the three Watt brothers, all of whom played for the Badgers, made NFL history.
The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Houston Texans by a final score of 28-21 in a game that included not one, not two, but all three Watt brothers in the NFL. Texans star DE J.J. Watt, Steelers FB Derek Watt, and Steelers LB T.J. Watt became just the third trio of brothers since 1927 to play in the same NFL game.
It started in the Watt family backyard in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and continued on the Camp Randall field in Madison.
Started in the backyard… pic.twitter.com/PsjsdC7XbP
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) September 27, 2020
There was even some classic brotherly love going on pregame.
Brothers being brothers @_TJWatt & @JJWatt fight for arm placement in the pic 🤣 @NFLonCBS pic.twitter.com/EDgDNPgcZP
— Evan Washburn (@EvanWashburn) September 27, 2020
Although the three Watt brothers never played together at Wisconsin, they finally got to take the same field again, this time at the NFL level.