TJ Watt deal is done!

[stillers4me]

[Fire Goodell]

good stuff, he's locked up for the next 5 yrs

[stillers4me]

[HollywoodSteel]

In other news, Big Ben is now TJ’s agent and is clearly preparing for life after football.

[vasteeler]

Was there really ever a doubt?

[tube517]

Was there really ever a doubt?

Naw. They just needed to clean up the details and make some drama for the drama queens.

[Fire Goodell]

Ok so what's the odds of TJ having 0 sacks this weekend and drawing the ire of StillMill who will do a weekly "dong report" on TJ?

[st33lersguy]

Had to be done. For the best pass rusher in the league, a shade over 28 mil/year is not expensive at all

[Born2Steel]

Who?

Obviously kidding. Anybody have the under $30M/year?

[Fire Goodell]

Had to be done. For the best pass rusher in the league, a shade over 28 mil/year is not expensive at all

yeah i was expecting 30m or slightly above. Though it seems like guaranteed money talks

[86WARD]

Steelers are cheap.

[86WARD]

Glad to see that the deal is done!! So the bank of Ben will transfer over to the bank of Watt. The place where all the restructures come!

[Shoes]

Was there really ever a doubt?

Nope.

[HollywoodSteel]

If TJ isn’t already you’re favorite player, maybe this will change your mind:

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/sta...187222022?s=21

[CV1]

I didn’t think it was going to be as low as it was…

Then you see the tweet from sheft saying how TJ walked into the office and said deal and went to work


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[CV1]

If TJ isn’t already you’re favorite player, maybe this will change your mind:

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/sta...187222022?s=21

Hah you saw it too


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[Dwinsgames]

If TJ isn’t already you’re favorite player, maybe this will change your mind:

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/sta...187222022?s=21

nice

[BlackAndGold]

This deal will be a bargain once the new TV deals kick in for the 2023 season.

[HollywoodSteel]

You just knew JJ was gonna chime in. lol

https://twitter.com/jjwatt/status/14...392006164?s=21

[ETL]

Glad that Steelers held on to the “we don’t do contracts after the season starts.” I personally think this is a good rule. It makes the parties decide quicker about what they really want. I saw the tweet from Schefter that Watt overruled his agents. I think if the Steelers did not have this self imposed rule - he would not have had the urgency to overrule and get it done now.

I respect Watt for knowing what was important to him. Money yes but he was smart to choose the Steelers as well. AB and Bell chose … poorly but it was their choice.

glad this is done. Next lets get Minkah

[86WARD]

If TJ isn’t already you’re favorite player, maybe this will change your mind:

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/sta...187222022?s=21

Love it.

[Fire Goodell]

Glad that Steelers held on to the “we don’t do contracts after the season starts.” I personally think this is a good rule. It makes the parties decide quicker about what they really want. I saw the tweet from Schefter that Watt overruled his agents. I think if the Steelers did not have this self imposed rule - he would not have had the urgency to overrule and get it done now.

I respect Watt for knowing what was important to him. Money yes but he was smart to choose the Steelers as well. AB and Bell chose … poorly but it was their choice.

glad this is done. Next lets get Minkah

I'm sure TJ was fine with the deal (which is why he did what he did), but his agent was gonna milk it for whatever he could. Those guys are scum

[willy]

Money yes but he was smart to choose the Steelers as well. AB and Bell chose … poorly but it was their choice.

I'm not sure you can say AB chose poorly. Yes, he took a circuitous route, but he's in a good place now.

BTW, gota love this:

[Hawkman]

nice

You said it before I could!

[Fire Goodell]

BTW, gota love this:

I approve

[fansince'76]

I'm sure TJ was fine with the deal (which is why he did what he did), but his agent was gonna milk it for whatever he could. Those guys are scum

All they care about is their commission. Bunch of parasites.

[Steeler-in-west]

All they care about is their commission. Bunch of parasites.

Bell’s agent seemingly did him no favors

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

Bell’s agent seemingly did him no favors

Who was the last guy to represent himself in a contract negotiation? Was it Russell Okung or somebody else? Might have done better than Bells agent.

[86WARD]

Who was the last guy to represent himself in a contract negotiation? Was it Russell Okung or somebody else? Might have done better than Bells agent.

DeAndre Hopkins did it with the Cardinals.

[Mojouw]

I thought that Bell's agent wanted him to and encouraged him to sign the Steelers offer? I seem to remember it came out that everyone but LBell said to take the deal...but I remember stuff wrong all the time.