JJ Watt signed a 2-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals on March 1, 2021. The contract has an underlying value of $28 million with guarantees of $23 million. Watt received a signing bonus of $12 million, as well as a guaranteed salary in 2021 and $5.5 million in 2022. Another $3 million is guaranteed for signature injuries only. Watt can earn an additional $3 million through incentives and escalators for bag performance. The contract also provides for 3 invalid years to allocate the capping costs for 2021/2022. Watt also has a no-trade clause. The Cardinals could alleviate some of the capping issues by making cuts to the lineup. But they can also do it by structuring contracts in a certain way. In 2023, although his contract ends, the remaining three years prorated signing bonus will be pinned to Arizona`s cap of a total of $7.2 million, according to OverTheCap.

The Steelers faced a tight cap in 2020 and 2021, in part because of Roethlisberger`s contract, but they restructured his contract and released longtime right-handed guard David DeCastro outside of camp, freeing up space to sign experienced free agents and Watt for a mega-contract. Arizona Cardinals defensive back J.J. Watt had a typical « Big Brother » response on Twitter to T.J. Watt`s massive new contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Free agent pass catcher J.J. Watt has agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals, the team announced Monday. After this season, however, the Steelers should find themselves in a very different cap situation since Roethlisberger`s contract is canceled after the season. This gave them the space to sign Watt for his contract. The Steelers said they would not negotiate new contracts during the season, so both sides faced a tough deadline this week. The proportional increase in his signing bonus is $2.4 million per year, compared to the $6 million that would have been with a two-year contract. This makes its 2021 cap a fee of $4.9 million, which takes into account the $2.5 million portion of salary and bonuses.

As a reminder, it was originally said that the two-year contract was supposed to be worth $31 million, with $23 million guaranteed. To be clear, these figures are not inaccurate. They simply don`t tell the whole story of the deal, which also includes a no-trade clause. To see the rest of J.J. Watt`s contracts and have access to all of Spotrac`s premium tools, sign up today. Already a subscriber? Sign up here T.J. Watt signed a massive new contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, ending his long and stressful resistance. With his brother`s new money in hand, J.J. Watt thinks it`s time for T.J. to pay. Watt`s contract also surpasses that of Chicago Bears outside linebacker Khalil Mack, who was previously the highest-paid player in the position with a six-year, $141 million contract signed in 2018.

Mack`s deal averages $23.5 million per year and has guaranteed $90 million. T.J. Watt had been in a kind of look with the Steelers. In the final year of his rookie contract, the passer wanted a new contract before the start of the season, so he decided to suspend all four of the Steelers` preseason games and only this week took part in 11-on-11 drills with the first-team defense while negotiating a new contract. They signed a two-year contract with defensive winger J.J. Watt that could bring in up to $31 million, including incentives. According to reports, $23 million is guaranteed. The Steelers` top player has dominated since entering the league. In four years, T.J. has 230 tackles, 49.5 sacks and 59 tackles for loss. Believe it or not, he could be even better next season when his contract negotiations are over.

« He`s probably the best football player in the game right now, not only defensively, but in general, » Roethlisberger said Wednesday. « I have conducted negotiations with contracts here. One of the reasons I took less money is because guys like him get paid and he has to get paid. As the Steelers` self-imposed contract deadline for the season opener approached, negotiations continued in Week 1 as the two sides worked to find common ground for contractual guarantees. « He`s a guy who deserves more than this contract, » Steelers defensive captain Cam Heyward told ESPN Thursday afternoon. « It`s great to know that his future lies here in Pittsburgh. » Pittsburgh Steelers fans, you weren`t the only ones looking forward to T.J. Watt`s contract extension. J.J. Watt congratulated his younger brother in a way that only older brothers can do by giving him money to T.J. Previously, the most guaranteed money spent by the Steelers on a contract was the current $67.5 million guaranteed by Ben Roethlisberger, according to ESPN Stats & Information Research. J.J.

Watt has just signed a two-year, $31 million contract with his new team, the Arizona Cardinals. It doesn`t matter, as J.J. is willing to pocket some of the overtime money that T.J. completed himself, making T.J. the highest-paid defensive player in the league. T.J. Watt now has the right to brag about his brother J.J. and on Thursday agreed to a four-year contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers that will earn him $112 million. Not only does this overshadow any contract J.J. Watt has ever signed, but it also makes the youngest Watt brother the highest-paid defensive player in the league. J.J.`s biggest contract was a six-year, $100 million extension he signed with the Texans in 2014.

It took a few days, but the real numbers are now available on the contract defensive end J.J. Watt signed with the Cardinals. The Steelers usually only guarantee the signing bonus, but not much else. However, throughout the contract period, the Steelers will generally restructure and later provide more guaranteed money and security, rather than right away. PITTSBURGH — After a contract negotiation that lasted throughout training camp and into the first week of the regular season, the Steelers and outside linebacker T.J. Watt broke with their traditions to agree on a mega-contract Thursday. Technically, the contract signed by Watt actually has an underlying value of $35.2 million over five years. For practical reasons, this is a two-year, $28 million base contract that has three years (2023-2025) at $2.4 million per year, which automatically becomes invalid when it is on the list on the last day of the 2022 league year. This allows the signing premium to be increased pro rata over five years instead of two years.

Surprisingly (not really), the structure is very different from the original reports that circulated on the day of signing. It`s always « beware » when contracts are reported quickly. .