It’s the highest combined winning percentage for a Thursday game in October or later during the Super Bowl era and the first time since the 1970 merger that two teams with at least 13 combined wins meet in Week 8 or earlier.
Watt, in his first year with the Cardinals, injured his shoulder in the second quarter Sunday, yet still managed to play the rest of the game with the injury.
The undefeated Cardinals, who sit in first place in the NFC, ruled Watt out against the Packers when the injury report was released earlier Wednesday.
Meshing in with new defensive teammates, he managed to do what has been a staple of his career: getting to the quarterback often.
He has the third-highest pass rush win rate for defensive tackles, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.
“I think J has played well the last three weeks,” Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph said before Sunday’s win against the Houston Texans.
After starting all 80 games in his first five seasons, Watt missed 13 games in 2016 because of two back surgeries, 11 games in 2017 because of a fractured left tibia and eight games in 2019 because of a torn pec.
Though Watt will be out, the Cardinals will get back pass-rusher Chandler Jones, who missed the past two games because of COVID-19.