{"id":15035,"date":"2025-07-17T00:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/15035\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T00:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:16:08","slug":"cam-heyward-t-j-watt-needs-to-get-paid-finish-his-career-as-a-one-helmet-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/15035\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam Heyward: T.J. Watt needs to get paid, finish his career as a one-helmet guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

T.J. Watt does not have a contract extension yet. <\/p>\n

The last time the Steelers edge rusher was unhappy with his deal \u2014 in 2021 \u2014 he did not participate in practice to avoid injury. Watt ended up signing a four-year, $112 million extension three days before the start of the season.<\/p>\n

This time, talks are dragging out, too, though Watt is expected to get a deal that will top the $40 million annual average of Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett.<\/p>\n

Teammate Cam Heyward weighed in on Watt\u2019s contract situation during an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cMan, that\u2019s my brother<\/a>. I want that dude to get paid what he deserves,\u201d Heyward said. \u201cThat dude is one of the most fierce and best players in our league and he\u2019s respected throughout the league. . . . I\u2019ve had the best time being able to play with him, and I hope this year is not the last time we play together because that dude, that\u2019s my running mate. We\u2019ve created a lot of havoc together, and I just want to see that guy continue to be a Pittsburgh Steeler and be a one-helmet guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Steelers reportedly have done their \u201cdue diligence<\/a>\u201d by inquiring as to Watt\u2019s trade value. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going up to [Steelers General Manager] Omar [Khan] and I\u2019m telling him, \u2018That\u2019s not happening,\u2019\u201d Heyward said. \u201cIf there\u2019s even a trade that gets up there, I don\u2019t think it helps our team to trade a guy like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watt, 30, led the league in sacks three of the previous five seasons, including matching the NFL\u2019s all-time single-season record (22.5) in 2021. He is a seven-time Pro Bowler and a four-time All-Pro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T.J. Watt does not have a contract extension yet. The last time the Steelers edge rusher was unhappy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-15035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}