How do you get a T.J. Watt contract done? Very creatively. That’s how beat writer Chris Adamski thinks the Pittsburgh Steelers could strike a long-term deal with Watt. One that might technically make him the highest-paid pass rusher on paper even if the details of the deal suggest otherwise.
“I think what they’ll probably do is…find a way to creatively make the average annual value, maybe look 41 million or 40 million and a half or 40 million and $1,” Adamski said Sunday night on the KDKA Sports Showdown. “And then you can creatively void years or non-guarantees, things like that.