For those of you hoping T.J. Watt will settle for anything less than the top-of-market deal he probably deserves, one national insider may have some bad news. Bleacher Report’s James Palmer passed along the latest on what he’s hearing about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ best player.
“I’m hearing there’s a chance Watt gets past $40 [million per season],” Palmer said Tuesday during his weekly NFL Insider Notebook via Bleacher Report. “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.