Adam Schefter is confident the Pittsburgh Steelers will pay T.J. Watt. But he doubts Watt will trump Myles Garrett as the highest-paid EDGE in the NFL and even if he does, Micah Parsons will begin the year as the league’s big-money pass rusher. Weighing in on Watt’s future contract extension, Schefter offered a range of what he’ll receive.
“[Trey] Hendrickson, Watt, I think they’ll be in the [Maxx] Crosby, Garrett range,” Schefter said on ESPN’s Unsportsmanlike this morning. “Somewhere in there.”
He’s referring to the two AFC North stars who haven’t been paid yet. The Cincinnati Bengals are in a prolonged and messy contract stall with DE Trey Hendrickson, who led the league in sacks a year ago.