will TJ stay?

I think you..... need to re-read what I said.

 

thank you, that is my smarts for the month. I will now go back to crying about Pickens.

 

I mentioned the injury and maybe coming back too soon...if so, it was a bad choice. It's one thing to gut it out if we have nothing else, but if you're at 20% your normal effort, even a mediocre backup is better. Watt really hurt our D the last few games. He was invisible, no impact.

I wonder if its one of those injuries that will slow him down moving forward...maybe not, but I'd hate to have him eat up 20% of the cap and be below-average. Risky as all get out.

We've seen the best of Watt, at his age, players that rely on speed as much as anything deteriorate rapidly. He's strong, he can still be...good, but I don't think DPOY level good is on the horizon. To pay him like that would be BAD business...and crushing on the cap and ability to keep better, younger players.

I hope he signs, for a REASONABLE high paid deal, for maybe 2 or 3 years (MAX).

 

I know, it was my attempt at a joke lol

 

it WAS the injury and PLAYING TOO SOON.

Tomlin playing him late into the 4th Q and then putting him back on the field the following week

dummy.....

 

So, Watt needs to be sat down and TOLD he is not the COACH.

 

bwahhahhahaaa

keep defending the Tomlin D

you LOSE

 

Wow .....some serious well thought out insights in that. LoL

 

I think he’s earned a nice contract. What the numbers are or should be I don’t know. If we wait too long we might have to pay him too much. If Micah gets a massive contract before we pay TJ, if we do, then he’ll want more than Micah. He’s a better LB than Micah IMO. I think we should keep him but he’s probably over them not giving him what he wants and I don’t blame him. He’s been all we have in the past 7 years. All that said he is getting older so I kind of understand why they are a little reluctant to give him a massive contract. Again I think he’s earned it.

 

The side of me that has become disgusted with the money being paid out in sports, says let him go. I can remember feeling the same way about Woodson.

 

Would you trade watt for nolan smith straight up ?

 

OT contracts, namely Fully Guaranteed Money, will no doubt explode in 2026. As we debated before, Dan Moore Jr was the catalyst. Not the highest paid but a changing of the times.


If Tyler Smith of the Dallas Cowboys has an All Pro season like I believe he will, the OT market is gonna explode.

 

https://stathead.com/football/versu...023_01_wdgt_player_comparison&utm_id=SmitNo02


Just talking age and future potential, YES.

In order to make an honest choice ask again in 3-5 years.

 

The Steelers would be fools to think they need to give Watt more than Micah, Micah is 5-6 years younger than Watt.

 

Part of the reason that Watt fades at the end of every season is that he plays every down like his hair is on fire. He is dominant early on in the year and racks up a lot of sacks and splash plays. But he just wears down and can't keep up that intensity all season.