While everything in the NFL at the Pittsburgh Steelers looks at the possible arrival of Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, another personnel must be clarified that seems no less important. However, one is certain that this will also end positively.
Edge Rusher Tj Watt (30) goes to his last contract year and his future at the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is entitled to more than $ 21 million in salary, but these are not guaranteed. And without long -term security, Watts will therefore be difficult to imagine in the coming season.
Nothing about possible negotiations between the two parties is yet known. And Watt himself caused a sensation with a picture on Instagram on which he makes a “Peace” sign. The general speculation was that he wanted to say “Peace Out” what is a popular farewell greeting.
In addition, there were media reports that suggested that Watt was dissatisfied with the Front Office of the Steelers because it wanted to extend, but not in the price region that the new top earner among the defenders of the NFL, Myles Garrett (Cleveland Browns) has now opened up. With his new deal, the one earns average $ 40 million a year.
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Steelers: Highsmith remains calm
Watt’s Pass-Rush colleague Alex Highsmith, however, keeps calm in the current situation. In conversation with “The Insiders” in the “NFL Network”, he said: “I am sure that he is not going anywhere.” “It was a cool picture of the game, I don’t want to lie,” he said to the said Instagram post, which can no longer be found.
Highsmith continued: “But I know that he loves to be here, he loves to be in Pittsburgh, and the city of Pittsburgh loves him, and that’s why I know that you will do everything you can to complete a deal sooner than later. Everyone knows that he is a century talent, a century player. We all know that he wants to be in this building.”
Watt brought it to 11.5 sacks and 57 pressures in 2024 and did not miss a game. He also led the NFL with six forced fumbles. In 2021 he was elected defensive Player of the Year. Watt was originally a first -round pick of the Steelers in Draft 2017 and spent his entire career in Steel City so far.