THE Pittsburgh Steelers have been coping with a brutal scenario involving a star participant who has chosen to skip necessary minicamp.

Aaron Rodgers‘ new teammate might be dealing with punishment on account of the choice.

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The Steelers will start necessary minicamp on Tuesday.

New quarterback addition Rodgers will seem on the necessary offseason occasion after signing his one-year, $13.7 million deal over the weekend.

Nevertheless, the 41-year-old will not be capable of see the seven-time Professional Bowl edge rusher T.J. Watt at this week’s necessary minicamp as he awaits a brand new contract extension, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Since Watt won’t seem on the three-day minicamp, the 30-year-old might be fined a complete of $104,768.

Veteran gamers who miss at some point of camp are fined $17,462, and every day following doubles the quantity.

Watt is within the last yr of his four-year, $112 million contract he penned again in 2021.

He’ll obtain $21.05 million in base wage for the 2025 season.

Watt was additionally away from the workforce in the course of the voluntary phases of their offseason applications.

The 2021 Defensive Participant of the 12 months appeared to sign that negotiations with the Steelers weren’t doing properly in April when he posted an image to his Instagram story holding up a peace signal within the black and gold jersey.

Watt hasn’t addressed the contract scenario because the cryptic put up.

Watt’s pursuit of a brand new contract comes after Cleveland Browns defensive finish Myles Garrett signed the most important non-quarterback NFL deal in historical past this offseason.

Garrett signed a four-year, $160 million deal that features $123.5 million in assured cash.

Watt might be 31 in October and has 108 profession sacks, which is five-and-a-half greater than Garrett.

The Steelers star has earned 4 All-Professional nods and has spent his complete eight-year profession with Metal Metropolis.

It’s going to be price monitoring if Watt and the Steelers can work out an extension earlier than coaching camp, which normally begins in late July.

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As for the Steelers, they are going to introduce Rodgers as a workforce member in a press convention at 2:00 pm ET.

The four-time NFL MVP beforehand performed two seasons for the New York Jets earlier than he was reduce by the workforce in March.

Rodgers is coming off a season wherein he led the Jets to a disappointing 5-12 document.

He totaled 28 passing touchdowns towards 11 interceptions in 17 video games.

Rodgers will hope to steer the Steelers to a playoff win for the primary time since 2017.