Numerous stories surfaced in June hinting that a big reason the Pittsburgh Steelers and unsettled pass-rusher T.J. Watt hadn’t yet reached an agreement regarding a contract extension is that Watt wants to better the four-year, $160M deal that included $123.5M guaranteed that Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns signed earlier this offseason. During a Wednesday update shared on the Bleacher Report YouTube page, NFL insider James Palmer indicated Watt may get his wish before the 2025 campaign gets underway in September. “I’m hearing there’s a chance Watt gets past [$40M per season],” Palmer explained, per Noah Strackbein of Sports Illustrated. “He has every right to ask for it. I’ve talked on here a lot about the comparisons between him and Myles Garrett. The numbers are almost identical in every aspect in terms of superlatives and in terms of numbers, and they came in the same draft class. I mean, he has the right to try to get that.” The Browns made Garrett the first overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft, whi
