This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/steelers as Adam Schefter Drops Major Steelers, T.J. Watt News. PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers are once again embroiled in contract disputes. Most teams often have contract issues each offseason, but the Steelers seem to always have something controversial brewing.

What is holding up the contract negotiations between the Pittsburgh Steelers and T.J. Watt? The answer comes down to guaranteed money, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Fowler says Watt and the Steelers still remain far apart on that metric.

T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Trey Hendrickson of the Cincinnati Bengals are two star pass-rushers looking to land lucrative contract extensions before their clubs open training camp later this month.

T.J. Watt is thought to be seeking a five-year extension containing four years of guarantees and a market-resetting AAV on his Steelers extension

TJ Watt deserves so much better than this. The Steelers former GM, Kevin Colbert, didn't give him any guaranteed money in the final year of his deal.

For a piece published on Monday afternoon, national NFL reporter Armando Salguero of OutKick revealed that a source told him that Pittsburgh Steelers star pass-rusher T.J. Watt "might actually decide not to report" to training camp on July 23 unless "his contract dispute is addressed.

There doesn't seem to be much external concern about superstar edge rusher T.J. Watt's contractual standstill with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Many of the most tap