T.J. Watt Secures Record NFL Deal as Highest Paid Non-QB

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00:00with a monumental contract for a monumental star in the NFL

00:04in the face of the franchise in Pittsburgh.

00:06A contract extension is done, and it makes T.J. Watt

00:11the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.

00:14A three-year, $123 million deal.

00:17That is 41 mil per season of annual average value.

00:22T.J. Watt, no longer Jamar Chase, no longer Miles Garrett,

00:26who held the distinction earlier in the offseason.

00:28T.J. Watt, now the highest-paid non-QB ever in the National Football League.

00:34You know, he's giving a standing ovation right now.

00:36Not Mike Tomlinson, hey, welcome back in the building.

00:38We're going to have our guy at the start of training camp.

00:40It's Darius Slay, it's Jalen Ramsey, and it's Joey Porter Jr.

00:43going like, oh, my goodness.

00:45Now I only have to cover for one and a half seconds here

00:47because that defensive line slash outside linebacking core

00:51is going to absolutely wreak havoc.

00:54Highsmith, Harmon, Hayward, and Watt, when they are healthy,

00:57you don't need to blitz anybody.

00:59It covers up and it masks so many mistakes in the secondary.

01:02Hey, blow my coverage.

01:03Doesn't matter.

01:04Quarterback is on his back.

01:05For a guy that had one year, 22 and a half sacks,

01:09right in the middle of his prime, and you're figuring

01:11you're probably making one of those last runs with Mike Tomlin

01:14because if it doesn't work out this year with Aaron Rodgers,

01:16it's not because T.J. Watt didn't get to the quarterback.

01:19It's just because the team wasn't good enough on offense,

01:21which includes Aaron Rodgers.

01:23This had to happen.

01:24Everybody knew it should happen.

01:25We knew what the pay scale was going to be,

01:27and nobody's looking at this deal going like,

01:29man, they paid him a lot of money.

01:31No, you know what you're saying?

01:32This is good for Pittsburgh.

01:33T.J. Watt's back in camp.

01:34Let's get after it now.