While they are continuing to work through T.J. Watt’s contract situation, the Pittsburgh Steelers have made no inquires to other teams about possibly trading their star pass rusher, according to Mark Kaboly, the Steelers Correspondent for “The Pat McAfee Show.”
Kaboly added that, while the two sides still have a lot of work to do regarding a possible extension, there is no anticipation for Watt to hold out when Pittsburgh opens training camp on July 23.
Watt, 30, is entering the final year of his four-year, $112 million contract extension that he signed just before the start of the 2022 regular season. Watt staged a hold-in during training camp that summer before he signed an extension that at the time made him the NFL’s highest-paid defender.
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It’s widely assumed that Watt wants to reclaim that status which is now being held by Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett after he signed a four-year, $160 million extension earlier this offseason.
Watt is currently the seventh highest-paid pass rusher in the NFL in terms of average annual salary. His current average annual salary of just over $28 million is nearly $12 million less than Garrett, who was briefly the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history before Bengals wideout Ja’Marr Chase surpassed him by $1 million.
The Steelers have the cap space to make Watt the NFL’s highest-paid defender; the question is whether that’s something…
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