T.J. Watt seemed to be headed for a possible training camp holdout until he and the Pittsburgh Steelers suddenly reached a contract agreement last week to make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in football. All of the insider reports indicated that the two sides were far apart on a deal including the length of the contract and the number of guaranteed years. We now have some clarity into what each side wanted in the negotiations.
“They were just really far apart disagreeing on the length of the contract,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter said via The Pat McAfee Show today.