The Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly agreed to terms on a three-year, $123 million contract extension with OLB T.J. Watt on Thursday and now the full details related to that deal have surfaced courtesy of Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio.
For starters, Watt’s signing bonus for his extension is $40 million. His fully guaranteed new base salary for 2025 is $4 million. This results in Watt’s 2025 salary cap charge being $23,368,694, which is down from $30,418,695.
Watt’s extension includes fully guaranteed base salaries in 2026 and 2027 of $32 million each. His salary cap charge for both of those years $42 million.