Steelers Today: Mike Tomlin speaks about T.J. Watt's situation

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🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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It's the first Tuesday of the regular season and that means that Steelers' coach Mike Tomlin spoke to the media. Dale Lolley and Eddie Provident are on the South Side to discuss Tomlin's comments on the T.J. Watt contract situation, his availability for practice and the game vs. Buffalo on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	All right, everybody, well welcome to another episode of Steelers today.
1:10.0	I'm your host Eddie Provident. With me is our Steelers beat writer, Dale Lawley. We're definitely in TJ Watts saga this week. I mean, we talked about it yesterday. D.K. and I talked about it on Sunday. This is what's happening in Steelers Land right now. Steelers Nation is on pins and needles for TJ Watt, who we've talked about yesterday, is still under contract.
1:33.8	By everything that Mike Tomlin said today, he's going to be available on Sunday.
1:38.0	He should be available tomorrow.
1:39.6	So where are we with T.J. Watt after Mike Tomlin spoke?
1:43.1	He's going to practice on Wednesday. I've been saying this all along. He's going to practice
1:47.3	this week and he's going to play. He's under contract. If he doesn't make himself available to
1:52.7	play, then he's in breach of contract and therefore they can then begin withholding pay,
1:57.2	fining him, things of that nature. So, you know, I think a lot was made of this. A lot of fans were out there. I can't believe they're not going to sign him. He's under contract. Now, that being said, they remain close on the contract. The numbers and all those things, in the years and everything like that. Mike Tomlin's saying today that, you know, there's an expectation,
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