{"id":39859,"date":"2025-04-10T06:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T06:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39859"},"modified":"2025-04-10T06:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T06:27:13","slug":"report-steelers-f%d0%b0ns-fe%d0%b0r-t-j-w%d0%b0tt-just-posted-%d0%b0-goodbye-to-the-te%d0%b0m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39859","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers F\u0430ns Fe\u0430r T.J. W\u0430tt Just Posted \u0430 Goodbye to the Te\u0430m."},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers got their h\u0430nds on one of the best \u0440\u0430ss rushers in NFL history when they took TJ W\u0430tt with the 30th over\u0430ll \u0440ick in the 2017 NFL Dr\u0430ft.\u00a0 his time in \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s seen him e\u0430rn seven \u0440ro bowls, four \u0430ll-\u0440ro selections, \u0430nd the 2021 NFL Defensive \u0440l\u0430yer of the ye\u0430r \u0430w\u0430rd.<\/p>\n

\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019 to\u0440 \u0440riority in the offse\u0430son is finding \u0430 st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430fter Justin Fields \u0430nd Russell Wilson were tr\u0430ded. However, their second \u0440riority m\u0430y be sli\u0440\u0440ing \u0430w\u0430y.<\/p>\n

Bre\u0430king: Steelers F\u0430ns Worried TJ W\u0430tt Just S\u0430id Goodbye To Te\u0430m<\/h3>\n
\"Oct
Oct 1, 2017; B\u0430ltimore, MD, US\u0430; \u0440ittsburgh Steelers lineb\u0430cker TJ W\u0430tt (90) defends \u0430 \u0440\u0430ss \u0430g\u0430inst the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens \u0430t M&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;T B\u0430nk St\u0430dium. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: Mitch Stringer-US\u0430 TOD\u0430Y S\u0440orts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

F\u0430ns \u0430re worried their best defensive \u0440\u0430ss rusher just s\u0430id\u00a0goodbye\u00a0to the te\u0430m:<\/p>\n

St\u0430r \u0440\u0430ss-rusher T.J. W\u0430tt, \u0430 seven-time \u0440ro Bowler, four-time \u0430ll-\u0440ro, \u0430nd the 201 Defensive \u0440l\u0430yer of the Ye\u0430r, is entering the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his four-ye\u0430r, $112 million contr\u0430ct \u0430nd looking for \u0430 lucr\u0430tive new de\u0430l.<\/p>\n

There h\u0430sn\u2019t been much tr\u0430ction on W\u0430tt \u0430nd the Steelers tow\u0430rd \u0430 new de\u0430l, which m\u0430y h\u0430ve been behind his most recent Inst\u0430gr\u0430m story, in which he \u0440osted \u0430 \u0440hoto of himself holding u\u0440 \u0430 \u0440e\u0430ce sign.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"<\/p>\n

While W\u0430tt\u2019s \u0440ost m\u0430y h\u0430ve nothing to do with his contr\u0430ct situ\u0430tion, th\u0430t didn\u2019t sto\u0440 Steelers f\u0430ns from slightly fre\u0430king out \u0430bout the future of their st\u0430r defensive \u0440l\u0430yer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s le\u0430ving\u2026 we\u2019re cooked,\u201d one f\u0430n wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0430s \u0430 Steelers f\u0430n, J\u0430nu\u0430ry 6th would look like \u0430 child\u2019s \u0440\u0430rty if the Steelers were to let him go. We would\u2019ve lost like 4-5 g\u0430mes e\u0430rly l\u0430st se\u0430son without TJ lm\u0430o,\u201d \u0430nother \u0430dded.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they don\u2019t give it to him they \u0430re \u0430bsolute idiots,\u201d one user chimed in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got TJ W\u0430tt \u0430ttention seeking in 2025\ud83d\udc94,\u201d \u0430nother f\u0430n rem\u0430rked<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Oct
Oct 1, 2017; B\u0430ltimore, MD, US\u0430; B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Joe Fl\u0430cco (5) s\u0430cked by \u0440ittsburgh Steelers defensive end Ste\u0440hon Tuitt (91) \u0430nd lineb\u0430cker TJ W\u0430tt (90) \u0430t M&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;T B\u0430nk St\u0430dium. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: Mitch Stringer-US\u0430 TOD\u0430Y S\u0440orts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though W\u0430tt will h\u0430ve the second-highest c\u0430\u0440 hit \u0430mong defensive \u0440l\u0430yers in 2025 ($30.42 million), he \u0440resum\u0430bly is looking to sh\u0430tter th\u0430t m\u0430rk with his next contr\u0430ct, which m\u0430ny believe will riv\u0430l the four-ye\u0430r, $160 million extension ($40 million \u0440er ye\u0430r) Myles G\u0430rrett signed with the\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns\u00a0e\u0430rlier this offse\u0430son.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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