Bruce Smith Says T.J. Watt Could Catch His Sack Record, ‘The 1 We Want To Watch’

Could T.J. Watt one day be the NFL’s all-time leader in sacks???

Bruce Smith — the current sack record-holder — certainly thinks so … telling TMZ Sports the Pittsburgh Steelers star is “the one we want to watch now because he’s young.”

Smith has held the all-time sacks mark since 2003, when he logged his 200th career QB takedown … and nobody has come close to the number since.

Guys like J.J. Watt and Von Miller — two of the best of this generation — barely have over 100, and their careers are winding down.

So, we had to ask … does Smith think anybody will be able to get to his mark…