For the second-straight season, buzz about trading T.J. Watt came out of the end of an unsuccessful Pittsburgh Steelers campaign. Watt squashed any notion of wanting to play somewhere else in the hopes of winning a playoff game, something he’s still yet to do across his first eight NFL seasons. Now, Team President Art Rooney II is singing the same tune. He’s hoping to re-sign Watt, not trade him.
Meeting with reporters Monday, Rooney expressed hope of keeping Watt in Pittsburgh for the long haul.
“That’s something we want to look at this offseason,” Rooney said of a possible Watt extension, per The Athletic’s Mike DeFabo.