In the past few weeks, several teams have discussed the possibility of making a transaction with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the TJ Watt star, which missed the most recent Minicamp of his team, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.
The Steelers have not shown an opening to exchange Watt so far, but it is not happy with its contractual situation and sources are of the opinion that the interest of the teams risks increasing after the exchange which sent the corner of Coin Jalen Ramsey and the winger Jonnu Smith of the Miami Dolphins in Pittsburgh, in return from Minkah Fitzpatrick.
The Steelers have always wanted Watt to end his career in Pittsburgh.
Ramsey will have an increase of $ 1.5 million this season, which brings his remuneration from 2025 to $ 26.6 million, according to Schefter. The Steelers will take care of the majority of Ramsey’s contract this season, while the Dolphins will pay $ 3 million according to Schefter. Smith will receive an extension of one year and $ 12 million, according to what his agents said to Schefter.
Watt, who has to play the last year of his contract with the Steelers, has also voluntarily missed the team’s organized activities this year, in the hope of negotiating a new agreement.
Watt had signed a four -year and $ 112 million agreement in 2021, for an annual average of $ 28 million. Myles Garrett changed the quarter hunter market three months ago, with a record contract of $ 40 million annually, which includes $ 123.5 million in guaranteed money, which made him the best-paid “non-quarter” player in the history of the NFL.
Watt, who will be 31 years old in October, has not spoken publicly since the end of the 2024 season, but he said his dissatisfaction in April in an Instagram publication, when he published a photo of making him a sign of “peace” with a Steelers sweater.
He totaled 108 quarters of the quarter during his career, 5.5 more than Garrett and the sixth higher total among active players of the NFL. He was the defensive player of the year in 2021 and he spent his entire eight -year career with the Steelers.
