T.J. Watt just got paid the highest annual salary for a pass rusher in NFL history by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but NFL offensive linemen have feared the star outside linebacker for years.

Garrett received five first-place votes, two seconds and one third. Trey Hendrickson got two first-place votes and Micah Parsons received the other. T.J. Watt finished second overall, one point ahead of Parsons. Hendrickson came in fourth and Nick Bosa finished fifth.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have ‘no excuses’ to not win this season after the T.J. Watt extension, according to former NFL general manager Mike Tannenbaum.

There will be no holdout for T.J. Watt. With the Steelers getting ready to report to training camp in less than a week (July 23), Watt was able to get an extension done with the team that will make him the highest-paid non quarterback in the NFL.

T.J. Watt's contract extension is worth an estimated $123 million, according to ESPN. The figure makes Watt the NFL's top-paid non-quarterback.

Here's a look at the NFL's highest-paid defensive players list after T.J. Watt's extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

After making multiple significant upgrades to the secondary, the Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves entering the 2025 NFL season with one of the best defensive units in all of football.