Nearly a full year removed from signing his record-setting extension making him the highest-paid defender in football, it’s well-known just how things played out for T.J. Watt late in the negotiation process.
According to reports, Watt walked into the front office, ignoring the advice of his agent, and stated to the Steelers he wanted to sign right then and there and get back to playing football.
Apparently that rubbed off on teammates as Pittsburgh Steelers’ veteran safety Terrell Edmunds stated he did something similar late in the free agency process, which found him on the open market much longer than he anticipated.