Via Steelers.com:
The Steelers exercised T.J. Watt’s fifth-year option from his rookie contract.
Watt, the team’s No. 1 pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, is coming off the best season of his young career. Watt was named first-team Associated Press All-Pro, voted to the Pro Bowl for the second time and was selected as the Steelers Most Valuable Player by his teammates.
His stats were beyond impressive last year, finishing the season with 14.5 sacks and had multiple sack games four times, including two sacks against both the Rams and Dolphins, and a sack and a half against the Bengals and Colts.
This was an absolute no-brainer for Pittsburgh. They really need to be trying to lock Watt down long-term. He’s proven that he can play in the NFL at a very high level.
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