‘I want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler’

You could hear the disappointment in T.J. Watt’s voice when he talked this week.

It was noticeable, because Watt so desperately wants to do something he hasn’t done yet in his career.

“We need to win football games and find ways to stop the run and play effective defense and go from there,” said Watt. “But I don’t have all the answers as we sit here right now as to what needs to change.”

It’s the same feeling Watt had last year after the Steelers lost to the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card round, a game Watt didn’t play in due to a knee injury.

The feeling, though, doesn’t change.

“It’s tough to sit here, same time as last year, the same scrum and same questions. And I have the same answers,” said Watt. “Obviously, I’m very frustrated with how things ended. And that’s not just with the last game. That’s the last month of football.

“It’s a collection of things and it starts with myself, and I need to play better. We need to play better. There’s not one thing that needs to be fixed here. There’s a lot of things. But it starts internally with myself. I need to play better in bigger moments. And it’ll be a long offseason to have to sit with that.”

Watt, who has a remarkable ability to make big plays at key times, didn’t come up with as many big plays down the stretch as opposing offenses scheme to find ways to take him out of the game.

“Teams are playing certain ways and chips and stuff like that and getting the ball out quick,” said Watt. “I need to be more open to moving around more and trying to affect games as much as possible. You guys know I want to affect the games more than anybody, but I don’t want to selfishly take another guy’s spot, go to a different spot where I feel like I could have a better rush.

“I definitely feel like schematically it’s been a tough year for how the offensive scheme things to try to get me out of the game. It’s going be a big break down for me to try to find ways to make…