While reports from Monday evening made it recognized 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 have 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 instructed that the Steelers might give Watt tens of millions of causes to report back to coaching camp on time later this summer season.
“I do know either side are actually motivated to get one thing finished 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 all the time gonna be, let’s get Rodgers in camp, and I feel the T.J. Watt deal has to get finished. Now, from what I am instructed, either side need it to get finished. Clearly, T.J. Watt’s gonna desire a sure amount of cash. Query is, is it a sport of hen?”
Schrager was referring to the truth that Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons is additionally trying 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 Parsons is within the final year of his rookie contract and will probably be 26 years outdated by way of the whole 2025 marketing campaign.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the meantime, Watt is within the last year of the extension he signed forward of the 2021 season and can flip 31 years outdated in October.
In response to 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 all the time attention-grabbing to see whenever you’re speaking high of the market guys, who’s gonna take that provide first? Who’s motivated to get it finished first and who’s prepared to attend it out?” Schrager added on Tuesday.
Per Teresa Varley of the Steelers’ web site, Pittsburgh gamers are because of report back to coaching camp on July 23. It feels like Watt might be an energetic participant when the Steelers maintain their first observe open to the general public on July 24.
