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T.J. Watt Bracing For Punishment From NFL Before 2025 Season<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh Steelers may have a lot to be excited about going into the 2025 NFL season after bringing in former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.<\/p>\n

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While Rodgers may have been in attendance to start Pittsburgh’s mandatory minicamp (June 10-12) on Tuesday, star pass rusher T.J. Watt was not.<\/p>\n

Watt, a six-time All-Pro, has one year left on his four-year, $112 million deal and is seeking an extension with the Steelers. While he awaits a new contract, he has chosen to sit out of mandatory minicamp, missing both Tuesday and Wednesday\u2019s sessions.<\/p>\n

While Watt is seeking more money during his holdout, he\u2019ll likely have to spend some, too, as a consequence.<\/p>\n

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Pittsburgh Steelers star T.J. WattBrett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

According to the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement<\/a>, a player who misses one day of training camp is subject to a fine of $17,462. Missing a second day of minicamp will lead to a separate fine of $34,925, and missing a third will cost you $52,381.<\/p>\n

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Watt has already missed two days of training camp, leaving his current fine at $52,387. If he does miss the final day of minicamp on Thursday, his total fine amount would end up at $104,768.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson is also another notable minicamp holdout, and he will likely be fined the same amount as Watt.<\/p>\n

During his eighth season with the Steelers (2024), Watt continued to play at a high level. The former Wisconsin Badgers standout recorded 61 tackles, 11.5 sacks, six forced fumbles and two recoveries.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh will open up the 2025 NFL season on Sunday, September 7, facing Rodgers’ former team, the Jets, in New York City.<\/p>\n

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Related: Browns Coach Sends Clear Message on Shedeur Sanders First-Team Decision<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 12, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T.J. Watt Bracing For Punishment From NFL Before 2025 Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Pittsburgh Steelers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6507,1586,256,7,345,226,3515,6,57,5226,1503],"class_list":{"0":"post-123613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2025-nfl-season","9":"tag-aaron-rodgers","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-green-bay-packers","13":"tag-jets","14":"tag-minicamp","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","17":"tag-t-j-watt","18":"tag-trey-hendrickson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114669559736219071","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}