{"id":282278,"date":"2021-09-08T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/steelers-qb-ben-roethlisberger-lobbies-for-paying-t-j-watt\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:46:09","slug":"steelers-qb-ben-roethlisberger-lobbies-for-paying-t-j-watt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/steelers-qb-ben-roethlisberger-lobbies-for-paying-t-j-watt\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger lobbies for paying T.J. Watt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ben Roethlisberger sees no ceiling on the financial value of outside linebacker T.J. Watt and implored the Pittsburgh Steelers to open the coffers and meet the pass rusher&#8217;s contract demands. <\/h1>\n<h2>&#8220;I think T.J. Watt should get whatever the heck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/32171105\/ben-roethlisberger-says-pittsburgh-steelers-pay-tj-watt-wants\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he wants<\/a>. He&#8217;s arguably the best football player in the game right now, not just on defense but in general,&#8221; Roethlisberger said Wednesday. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been through a few negotiations here with contracts. One of the reasons was so he could get paid. He deserves every penny that he wants, asks for. T.J. Watt is &#8216;that guy&#8217; and should get whatever he wants.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nfl\/depth-chart\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> in dire straits against the salary cap, Roethlisberger, 39, took a pay cut to return to the team in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Watt, 26, has been a participant in team and position meetings but avoided on-field workouts all offseason. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLGameDay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLGameDay<\/a> Season Preview: The situation surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Steelers<\/a> star TJ Watt has reached a critical point. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ek8WrhOcwC\">pic.twitter.com\/ek8WrhOcwC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1435402940404092931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Head coach Mike Tomlin said Watt would practice Wednesday and be available for the Week 1 game against the Buffalo Bills. <\/p>\n<p> The Steelers\u2019 commitment to one main tradition -refusing to offer full guarantees beyond Year One- is threatening to sink these TJ Watt negotiations. <\/p>\n<p>Watt&#8217;s physical readiness is not known, but Tomlin voiced optimism he would be ready to play a significant role after leading the NFL with 15 sacks last season. He is a two-time All-Pro.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ben Roethlisberger on T.J Watt negotiations: \u201c1 of the reasons I took less money was for guys like him to get paid, and he needs to get paid. \u2026 T.J. Watt is that guy that should get whatever he wants.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oSJiMeYBe5\">pic.twitter.com\/oSJiMeYBe5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher Carter (@CarterCritiques) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarterCritiques\/status\/1435614856217047047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reports surfaced Tuesday indicating Watt and the Steelers remained in a staredown over guarantees beyond the first year of the contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt was a full participant at practice Wednesday on the South Side. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xMfKgAauRg\">pic.twitter.com\/xMfKgAauRg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Freed (@MattFreedPhoto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFreedPhoto\/status\/1435669156985282565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Roethlisberger sees no ceiling on the financial value of outside linebacker T.J. Watt and implored the Pittsburgh Steelers to open the coffers and meet the pass rusher&#8217;s contract demands. &#8220;I think T.J. Watt should get whatever the heck he wants. He&#8217;s arguably the best football player in the game right now, not just on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":279933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,83],"tags":[1849,1822],"class_list":["post-282278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-t-j-watt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}