Daily News & Links: Bill Belichick on History of Steelers 3-4 Defense; Colts Have a Plan for T.J. Watt

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? Bill Belichick broke down the history of the Steelers’ 3-4 defense on Inside the NFL.

? The official NFL account on X posted a clip of the ending of the wild Steelers-Colts 2005 AFC Divisional Round Game.

? Kyle Shanahan confronted Brandon Aiyuk about not following the 49ers dress code like the rest of the team. Aiyuk was wearing red shorts instead of black shorts. To say the least, Aiyuk was not pleased about something so minimal.

? John Kosko of Pro Football Focus has the Steelers’ defensive line ranked as the best in the league.

“First in pass-rush grade and second in run-defense grade, the Steelers’ front continues to be a dominant force for the year. The team’s 42.7% pressure rate is the best in the NFL, while their 25 run stops rank fifth.

Watt is tied for fifth in pass-rush grade among edge rushers and is also third in overall grade. Watt makes impact plays on a weekly basis despite a lower pass-rush win rate on obvious passing situations.

? Steelers All-Pro outside linebacker T.J. Watt is getting chipped at the league’s highest rate (44.05%), according to PFF.

? The Colts know they’ll have their hands full with Watt on Sunday, but Indianapolis believes they have a solid plan for the three-time league sack leader.

“It’s one of the key questions in this league for every offensive coordinator, every offensive staff because in this league there are these just phenomenal players on some of these defenses, and T.J. Watt is certainly one of those,” Colts offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter said. “We’ve got to know where he’s going to line up and how he’s likely to align within their scheme – sort of what his role is likely to be defensively each play, and how we can go best attack the defense just like you said. I mean shoot, you nailed it. How can we best attack the defense while also sort of having awareness of this great player out there and sort of trying to limit his impact?

“In this league, there are guys that are very, very high-level good players. You’ve got to really pay a lot of attention to them offensively, at least coaching wise as we’re sort of prepping for these guys, making sure we know how we’re setting this whole thing up and how we’ve got a good game plan – that we put our guys in the best position to go succeed.

“When we’re out there, our guys just have to go execute their jobs. And ultimately, for our guys, they ought to go play ball. Whatever the job is on that play, the job will be, but we sure kind of take pride in evaluating each defense that we play and the great players on the defenses that we play and trying to minimize their impact like you said. Easier said than done sometimes. Like I said, T.J.’s, a phenomenal player – has been for a long time, but we’ll certainly have a plan for him.”

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