3 things new contract for Steelers edge T.J. Watt means
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have made linebacker TJ Watt the highest-paid non-quarterback player in NFL history with a three-year, $123 million contract extension.
The Dallas Cowboys will need to back up the Brink's truck for Micah Parsons after the Pittsburgh Steelers extended T.J. Watt.
Reports have indicated that Pittsburgh Steelers superstar T.J. Watt has become the highest non-paid quarterback in NFL history. Watt has reached an agreement on a three-year, $123 million extension. His $41 million per year average annual value will again be the highest for a non-quarterback in the NFL for the second time in his career.
Watt, 30, was entering the final year of a four-year, $112 million extension that he had signed just before the start of the 2022 season. At the time, the extension made Watt the NFL's highest-paid defensive player.
JJ Watt says TJ Watt better be paying for dinner after his latest contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
There doesn't seem to be much external concern about superstar edge rusher T.J. Watt's contractual standstill with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Many of the most tapped in sources anticipate an agreement eventually being reached, though it may take some time.
T.J. Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers are in the middle of contract extension talks, and as the offseason continues, there have been rumors of the former NFL Defensive Player of the Year being traded at some point.