While reports from Monday evening made it identified that the Pittsburgh Steelers and security DeShon Elliott had agreed to a two-year contract extension, that was no indication as of Tuesday that the Steelers had been all that near working issues out with unsettled pass-rusher T.J. Watt.
Throughout a Tuesday look on “The Pat McAfee Present,” NFL insider Peter Schrager recommended that the Steelers may give Watt tens of millions of causes to report back to coaching camp on time later this summer time.
“I do know either side are actually motivated to get one thing achieved right here,” Schrager stated, as shared by Josh Carney of Steelers Depot. “They do not wanna go into coaching camp and have this factor drag on. The [Aaron Rodgers] domino fell. DeShon Elliott is a pleasant participant to have. However this was at all times gonna be, let’s get Rodgers in camp, and I believe the T.J. Watt deal has to get achieved. Now, from what I am instructed, either side need it to get achieved. Clearly, T.J. Watt’s gonna need a sure sum of money. Query is, is it a recreation of rooster?”
Schrager was referring to the truth that Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons is additionally seeking to signal a profitable extension earlier than he performs a down of significant soccer in September. Parsons is within the final year of his rookie contract and might be 26 years previous by way of all the 2025 marketing campaign. In the meantime, Watt is within the last year of the extension he signed forward of the 2021 season and can flip 31 years previous in October.
In line with Terrance Biggs of Professional Soccer Community, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported throughout Tuesday’s version of the “Unsportsmanlike” program that he expects Parsons will ink a deal price greater than the four-year, $160M extension that Myles Garrett acquired from the Cleveland Browns earlier this offseason.
“It is at all times attention-grabbing to see once you’re speaking high of the market guys, who’s gonna take that supply first? Who’s motivated to get it achieved first and who’s prepared to attend it out?” Schrager added on Tuesday.
Per Teresa Varley of the Steelers’ web site, Pittsburgh gamers are as a consequence of report back to coaching camp on July 23. It seems like Watt might be an lively participant when the Steelers maintain their first observe open to the general public on July 24.
