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Brooke PryorJul 17, 2025, 04:36 PM ET
- Brooke Pryor is simply a newsman for NFL Nation astatine ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She antecedently covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman.
PITTSBURGH -- T.J. Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers person agreed to a three-year hold that volition marque him the highest-paid non-quarterback successful NFL past -- again.
Watt agreed to a three-year, $123 cardinal hold with the Steelers connected Thursday afternoon, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter, ending a contentious, months-long declaration negotiation. The woody comes with $108 cardinal afloat guaranteed astatine signing, and the $41 cardinal mean per twelvemonth tops the $40 cardinal APY fixed to Cleveland Browns prima borderline rusher Myles Garrett earlier this offseason.
Watt, who leads the NFL with 73.5 sacks successful the past 5 seasons, didn't study to the Steelers' mandatory minicamp successful June arsenic the 2 sides worked done the negotiations. But with the declaration agreed to, Watt volition beryllium expected to study to the Steelers' grooming campy astatine St. Vincent College successful Latrobe, Pennsylvania, connected Tuesday.
