{"id":139641,"date":"2025-06-18T12:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/139641\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:56:10","slug":"insider-says-steelers-will-extend-t-j-watt-before-trey-hendrickson-gets-his-bengals-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/139641\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider says Steelers will extend T.J. Watt before Trey Hendrickson gets his Bengals deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Steelers<\/a>, T.J. Watt<\/a> contract situation just received some positive support from insider Peter Schrager.<\/p>\n

On a recent episode of The Pat McAfee Show<\/a>, Schrager was asked to share his opinion on whether Bengals<\/a> DE Trey Hendrickson or Watt would receive their pay first \u2014 and this was his argument:<\/p>\n

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“I think T.J.,” Schrager said. “I think T.J. Watt. I feel like I know both sides are really motivated to get something done here. They don’t want to go into training camp and have this thing drag on. \u2026 Now, from what I’m told, both sides want it to get done. Obviously, T.J. Watt’s going to want a certain amount of money. Question is, is it a game of chicken where it’s, okay, T.J. Watt takes a deal that the Steelers offer and then, a week later, Micah Parsons blows his deal out of the water and we’re in the same place that we were beforehand.”<\/p>\n

Even if the Steelers act before the Bengals, Raiders DE Maxx Crosby’s and Browns DE Myles Garrett’s deals make extending Watt difficult \u2014 but waiting until Parsons signs a historic extension with the Cowboys<\/a> could make the negations in Pittsburgh near impossible.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Steelers\u2019 T.J. Watt predicted to sign before Bengals\u2019 Trey Hendrickson<\/a><\/p>\n