We have completed just one practice of Pittsburgh Steelers training camp 2025. Pads won’t come on […] This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Saunders: Moving T.J. Watt Around Won’t Be Magic

This article was originally published on www.si.com as T.J. Watt Had Brutally Honest Admission About Steelers’ Recent Playoff Struggles. T.J. Watt just signed a record-breaking three-year extension worth $123 million with the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he's been his entire NFL career thus far.

LATROBE, Pa. -- T.J. Watt is back in Latrobe with the Pittsburgh Steelers after signing his three-year, $123 million extension. However, while he is excited to meet many of the new faces, there is one under the radar name Watt really wnats to see more than most -- cornerback Cory Trice.

Watt hasn't won a playoff game, much less a Super Bowl, in eight seasons, but he thinks the Steelers' aggressive approach can change that.

Months before Watt agreed to the three-year, $123 million deal that made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL, Watt cryptically posted a story to his Instagram of him in Steelers uniform holding up a peace sign. That simple post in April prompted talk of whether Watt should be traded and several theories for why Watt made the post.

The Steelers won a playoff game in January 2017. Just a few months before the Steelers made linebacker T.J. Watt the 30th pick in the draft. Since then, the Steelers haven’t won in the postseason. Which means that Watt never has.

Steelers general manager Omar Khan hasn’t spoken to the Pittsburgh media since the team traded George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys back in May. There’s been a lot to catch up on since then. “We signed Aaron Rodgers,

TJ Watt spoke with reporters on the first day of training camp in Latrobe after signing an extension that made him the highest-paid defender in the NFL.

For most of the NFL off-season, it was known that Pittsburgh Steelers star pass rusher T.J. Watt wanted a contract extension. Although it took until the day before training camp, both sides can now move on and focus on the season.