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Myles Garrett signed a four-year, $160 million extension with the Browns this offseason. And now? Either T.J. Watt is about to catch up with that … or his representation wants to float that Steelers trial balloon info out there.<\/div>\n
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Amid all the posturing and the threats and the goofy trade rumors, most of us can stay rational enough to agree that somehow, some way, the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0will soon make edge rusher T.J. Watt one of the highest-paid defenders in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0– again.<\/p>\n

How much will Watt get? What about years and guarantees? What about where he will end up ranking amid the highest-paid guys in the game … and in the history of the game?<\/p>\n

Here’s a new wrinkle …<\/p>\n

Bleacher Report\u2019s James Palmer is reporting as of\u00a0Wednesday that the Watt number could be at the very all-time top, up and over the\u00a0Cleveland Browns’ recent deal with Myles Garrett.<\/p>\n

Color us skeptical … but let’s hear out Palmer …<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hearing there\u2019s a chance Watt gets past $40 (million APY(, which is something we\u2019re really keeping an eye on, right? That if he gets that $40 million per year at the age that he is at. \u201d\u00a0Palmer said on his NFL Insider Notebook. \u201cHe has every right to ask for it. I\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has the right to try to get that. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whoa.<\/p>\n

Says our NFL insider Mike Fisher: “With all due respect to the plugged-in Palmer, this take sounds like it comes from someone who just got off the phone with T.J. and his agent. … It kinda comes out of the blue.”<\/p>\n

Watt is presently entering the final season of his $112 million extension signed just ahead of the 2021 NFL year At the time, the deal made Watt the highest-paid NFL defender.<\/p>\n

On that extension, the edge rusher has received an average annual salary of $28 million.<\/p>\n

But other defenders have blown past that historic deal over the past four years.\u00a0Garrett signed\u00a0a four-year, $160 million extension with the Browns this offseason.<\/p>\n

And now? Either Watt is about to catch up with that … or his representation wants to float that trial balloon info out there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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