{"id":179013,"date":"2025-07-03T19:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/179013\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T19:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:45:10","slug":"ex-steelers-coach-gives-blunt-advice-to-pittsburgh-on-t-j-watt-drama-cant-take-it-personally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/179013\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Steelers coach gives blunt advice to Pittsburgh on T.J. Watt drama: \u2018Can\u2019t take it personally\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WZKWMQR25ZF6TKIJEYGM4RS3YA.jpg\"  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article__image-content\" height=\"600\" width=\"300\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt (90) in action during the first half of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo\/Terrance Williams)AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4U2HJEVLS5H7NK3UVPQGLNCOK4\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/steelers\/\"> Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019<\/a> situation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/steelers\/2025\/07\/pittsburgh-steelers-get-major-tj-watt-contract-update-not-particularly-close.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/steelers\/2025\/07\/pittsburgh-steelers-get-major-tj-watt-contract-update-not-particularly-close.html\">T.J. Watt<\/a> continues to roll on, and it is anything but sunshine and rainbows. Watt is reportedly unhappy with how the situation has been handled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ICQLGM7P3RBBJPX2FP7RNUPMZE\">Former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher has advice for both sides, and it is that neither group can take this personally and should handle it like a business. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt (90) in action during the first half of an NFL wild card playoff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,3845,3846,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-179013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nflraw2024","11":"tag-nflraw24","12":"tag-pittsburgh","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","15":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114791024272171313","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179013","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=179013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}