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MADISON, Wis. -- Fourteen months ago, T.J. Watt reported to Wisconsins fall camp without any real grasp of how to play the position he was assigned. He was a talented, athletic project who had been moved from tight end to outside linebacker, and the entry-level instruction he received seemed to barrel toward him at warp speed.This is how you stand. This is how you load your weight on the proper foot. This is where your hands go. Heres how to maintain pad level and gain leverage on a lineman.We started at ground zero, Badgers outside linebackers coach Tim Tibesar recalled. At that time, even though he was in his third fall at Wisconsin, it was kind of like having a freshman come in. Youre trying to teach him for the first time how to play outside backer in our system.Those who witnessed Watts performance last Saturday against Michigan State might find it difficult to believe he hasnt spent a lifetime mastering the skills required of an outside linebacker. During Wisconsins 30-6 romp of Michigan State, Watt recorded a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. He finished with six tackles, two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup. For his efforts, he was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Defensive Player of the Week, becoming the first Badgers player to earn the honor since 2004. He also claimed Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors.Watt could again be a major factor when No. 8 Wisconsin visits No. 4 Michigan on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). Through four games this season, he leads the Big Ten with 4.5 sacks and ranks tied for seventh nationally in that category.Given where Watt started, thats pretty amazing, right?I think itd be amazing if it was anyone but T.J., Badgers linebacker Jack Cichy said. You see it with his brothers. He comes from a football family, and hes a football player. At first, there was a learning curve, but hes blown that out of the water. Hes matured drastically from the time he first came on the defensive side of the ball. And hes just really exponentially getting better every week.The Watt name is one that carries significant weight in the football world, as many likely already know. T.J., a 6-foot-5, 244-pound redshirt junior, is the youngest of three brothers, and the other two excelled at Wisconsin before becoming NFL draft picks. Defensive end J.J. Watt was a first-round draft pick of the Houston Texans in 2011 and has earned three NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards. Fullback Derek Watt was a sixth-round draft choice of the San Diego Chargers this spring.Of course, none of their successes guaranteed anything for T.J., who has had to earn his own keep. He did not play in each of his first two seasons at Wisconsin after suffering debilitating knee injuries. By the time Badgers coach Paul Chryst approached Watt during a team meeting about a position switch in July 2015, he hadnt been on a football field in three falls and was desperate to play.Initially, Watt wasnt sure whether to take the defensive plunge. But J.J. partly inspired T.J.s decision-making. He encouraged T.J. by telling him he possessed the skill set to be a linebacker. That night, T.J. pulled up YouTube videos of some of the NFLs best pass-rushers, including plays from his brother, Von Miller and Lawrence Taylor. The next day, he told Chryst he was ready.I just fell in love with the mentality, T.J. Watt said.The biggest selling point, Watt noted, was the potential to make an impact on every defensive snap. As a tight end, he was forced to wait for a play call directed toward his side, and even then, there wasnt any assurance the ball would be thrown at him. At outside linebacker, Watts stamina and natural instincts allow him to tackle ball carriers anywhere on the field.Hes an unbelievable worker, and hes smart, Chryst said. I think he loves the game.How do you put a timetable on that development? I appreciate it, and its been fun to see him grow and develop. I still think he could be an unbelievably good tight end, too.Last year, Wisconsins coaching staff opted to give Watt a small early-season role as a third-down pass-rusher. By the end of the season, however, he had progressed so much that he was routinely in the game on first- and second-down plays. Coaches believed in him enough that they named Watt a starting outside linebacker to open spring ball, replacing Big Ten Linebacker of the Year Joe Schobert, who is now with the Cleveland Browns.That decision allowed Wisconsin to move Cichy to inside linebacker and strengthen the entire group. Watt and senior Vince Biegel quickly formed a frightening pass-rushing duo on a unit that ranks 12th nationally in total defense. Biegel, however, underwent surgery Thursday night to have a screw inserted into a cracked foot, will miss the Michigan game and could be out two to four weeks, his father told ESPN.com. The injury likely will make Watts presence even more valuable on Saturday.Hes a big, physical guy and hes a hard-working guy, Biegel said earlier in the week of Watt. Offseason, you guys dont see it, but in the weight room, in spring practices, in the grind season, hes right at the top. Thats what you want. Thats why you come to Wisconsin. You want to be able to work out and be teammates with guys like that.Watt said one of his biggest challenges remained understanding how quickly decisions must be made while pass rushing. He is still learning many of the same concepts taught to him 14 months ago, including slowing his mind down and focusing on pad level and leverage. Occasionally, he will send his oldest brother videos of a pass rush and wait for critiques from J.J. on hand placement and footwork.?Sometimes, hes his own toughest critic. He watched film of his performance against Michigan State and noticed several plays he didnt make.Its definitely encouraging to know that there were a lot of plays left out there, Watt said. But at the same time, its also a little bit like, Dang it, I couldve had a couple more tackles. I think defensively as a whole, were still improving, were still scratching the surface and the skys the limit.The same can certainly be said of Watt.Fake Yeezy . -- Lou Brocks shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Bill Freehan during the 1968 World Series and Pete Roses bruising hit on Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-Star game could become relics of baseball history, like the dead-ball era. Fake Shoes From China . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. 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Thats all the more motivation for Matz to power through the discomfort.Its something that, as long as they feel comfortable with me being out there with the way Im pitching, then I think Im going to battle through it, Matz said. Thats the mindset: Get it all behind me and just go out there and pitch.Matz is 7-3 with a 3.29 ERA this season and has been dealing with some discomfort for a few starts. The Mets will continue to monitor his status on a start-by-start basis.Theres a lot of signs to look at, Collins said. Youve got to take a look at location, is his velocity still up, is he using his secondary pitches. If his elbow starts to bother him, he backs off those secondary (pitches) because of the wear and tear that it takes to throw them. ... Certainly weve got to stay on top of it.Logan Verrett will start in the sseries finale against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.dddddddddddd Collins said the rest of the rotation will stay on schedule with an extra day of rest.Matz will have to have the spur removed at some point, Alderson said. Thats not the case for right-hander Noah Syndergaard, who also dealing with one in his pitching elbow, but Alderson said its less significant than Matzs.Alderson and Collins said Syndergaard struggling in a loss to the Nationals on Monday had nothing to do with the elbow and dont expect it to be an ongoing question.Theres really no change in status on Noah, Alderson said. Its a very small spur that may exist with 90 percent of the pitchers that are throwing in Major League Baseball today.Alderson said that first baseman Lucas Duda is about two weeks away from resuming baseball activities. Hes out long term with a stress fracture in his lower back.Zack Wheeler threw Monday in Port St. Lucie, Florida, Alderson said, and theres no time frame on when the right-hander will be ready to return. Without Wheeler and with Matz and Syndergaard not 100 percent, the Mets will tax their bullpen more but are confident in their rotation.We have a less-than-perfect situation right now with the people that we have, Alderson said. Its certainly not ideal. But every team deals with this. Were still in pretty good shape. ' ' '