T.J. Watt received a huge contract extension this offseason. At the time, the Pittsburgh Steelers made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL. He’s set to make around $40 million per year for the next few seasons. However, bigger contracts come with bigger expectations, and Watt hasn’t yet lived up to his this year. He’s off to a slow start, and although he’s starting to heat up, analyst Mike Renner is concerned about Watt’s future.
“T.J. Watt has seven pressures in three games,” Renner said Thursday on his Pushing the Pile podcast. “T.J. Watt has not looked like the guy that you pay $40 million to.