Steelers’ TJ Watt becomes highest-paid non-quarterback
The Pittsburgh Steelers have made linebacker TJ Watt the highest-paid non-quarterback player in NFL history with a three-year, $123 million contract extension.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are going retro. On their throwbacks. On occasion.
Monday morning, the team revealed its new − or old, depending on your perspective − throwback uniform, which is a nod to the Steelers’ inaugural team in 1933, when they were known as the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Steelers last sported a version of this look in 1994, when the NFL celebrated its 75th season and teams throughout the league delved into a throwback experience that became common in later years.
Pittsburgh will break out the new/old uniform on October 26, a “Sunday Night Football” date at Acrisure Stadium with the Green Bay Packers. If the Steelers are fortunate, new quarterback Aaron Rodgers will also recapture his own throwback form as he attempts to defeat his original team and become only the fifth quarterback in league history to notch a win against all 32 of its teams.
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