J.J. Watt can probably afford to let T.J.'s outstanding brotherly debts slide—at least for now.
J.J. Watt, the Arizona Cardinals defensive end and three-timeDefensive Player of the Year, joked about receiving payback from his suddenly very rich younger brother, who became the NFL's highest-paid defensive player Thursday.
T.J. Watt led the NFL with 15 sacks and was the runner-up to Aaron Donald as NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2020. But he has not practiced or participated in Pittsburgh Steelers off-field activities while holding out for a new contract, and he was in danger of missing the Steelers' season opener against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
T.J. reportedly became the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL after signing a four-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday.But Pittsburgh rewarded the two-time All-Pro outside linebacker, who has 49 1/2 career sacks in his four seasons in a Steelers uniform, with a reported four-year, $112 million contract with $80 million guaranteed. The Steelers reportedly expect Watt to be on the field and playing his customary position for their Week 1 game.
T.J.'s new contract announcement left J.J., T.J.'s older brother by five years who signed his own two-year, $31 million contract with the Cardinals during the offseason, to ask for reimbursement for all of the"outstanding IOUs" he'd dealt out through the years.— JJ Watt J.J. is a five-time All-Pro who spent his first 10 NFL seasons with the Texans before they released him February 12. J.J.
J.J. Watt chided his brother online for"outstanding IOUs" after T.J. Watt signed a four-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday.While J.J. was asking T.J. to pay up, their brother Derek Watt—who also is T.J.'s teammate in Pittsburgh—was posting a more traditional congratulatory message on
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