The Steelers Suddenly Have A HUGE Problem On Their Hands...

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00:00The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback situation might remain unsolved, but they suddenly have

00:04a much bigger problem.

00:06That's because Steelers star TJ Watt is now publicly voicing his frustrations with his

00:11contract situation, and it could get uglier before it gets better in Pittsburgh.

00:19Hey everyone, Rob Gregson of A to Z Sports Pittsburgh, and today we're going to discuss

00:24TJ Watt's recent viral Instagram post that he put up on his story last week.

00:30All it was, was a simple picture of TJ Watt throwing up the deuces, and you would have

00:36thought that the world ended.

00:37I mean, we had people saying, is TJ Watt going to demand a trade?

00:41Is he going to retire?

00:42Does he want to quit on the Pittsburgh Steelers?

00:46Does he no longer want to play?

00:48We had people proposing preposterous trades that would send Dak Prescott to the Pittsburgh

00:53Steelers for TJ Watt.

00:55I mean, everybody lost their minds, but the truth is, TJ Watt, he just wants a new contract.

01:01That's all he wants.

01:02He has been the sole, sole reason why the Pittsburgh Steelers have gone to the playoffs

01:08the last two years.

01:09And you don't have to take my word for it.

01:10Just look at the team's record when TJ Watt is not on the field.

01:15They do not win games without TJ Watt.

01:17The Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike Tomlin, one of the greatest organizations and head coaches

01:22in the NFL are a losing franchise without TJ Watt on the field ever since he joined the

01:29Steelers.

01:29And quite frankly, that's all the leverage he needs.

01:32Forget the fact that he's been a defensive player of the year, that he nearly broke the

01:36NFL record for most sacks in a season, that he's a stalwart, that he has no off the field

01:42issues, that he's a hard worker and one of the leaders on the team.

01:45Forget all of that.

01:45Throw all of that out the window.

01:47All he has to do in his contract negotiations is go in there and put on the team's record

01:53when he doesn't play.

01:55That's all he has to do.

01:56And that's why he wants to be paid.

01:58He just saw Miles Garrett, who we can sit here and debate about who's better.

02:02TJ Watt, Miles Garrett.

02:04We can go back and forth all day about that.

02:06He just saw Miles Garrett go for north of $40 million per year in salary.

02:12Yet he's nowhere close to that.

02:14Yet, Daniil Hunter just made over $35 million per year.

02:20Nobody in the NFL, heck, Daniil Hunter himself knows that he's not better than TJ Watt.

02:27So, all Watt wants is a little bit of recognition.

02:31You know, this whole offseason, this theorist priorities has seemingly been all mixed up.

02:36Of course, you have to find a quarterback.

02:38But yet, here we are, days away from the NFL draft, where they pick 21st overall in a

02:44bad quarterback draft.

02:46And their starting quarterback right now is Mason Rudolph.

02:49Do you think that TJ Watt, who's going to be 31 years old in the back half of his prime,

02:54is excited about going into a season where the quarterback is Mason Rudolph?

02:58So, he's sitting there thinking to himself,

03:00Dang.

03:02They've had this whole offseason to fill these holes, to find a quarterback,

03:05to do this, that, the third.

03:06They've done none of it.

03:08And I'm not paid.

03:09That's obviously a striking issue with TJ Watt and his representation.

03:14And quite frankly, it should be.

03:15He has every right to be upset with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

03:18And if they don't pay TJ Watt, it's going to get very ugly for the Steelers front office,

03:25for GM Omar Khan, for R. Rooney, and for Mike Talman.

03:28So, this situation is going nowhere, and it's certainly something to keep an eye on,

03:32because if TJ Watt, of all people, is going on social media to voice his frustrations,

03:39you know it's serious between him and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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