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The Valenti Show

What Does the Massive TJ Watt Deal Say About a Potential Hutchinson Extension?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Rico react to the breaking news that T.J. Watt has re-signed with the Steelers and will become the highest-paid non-QB in the NFL. They wonder what this means for a potential Aidan Hutchinson/Lions extension.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Five o'clock, great to have you with us.

0:02.5

Let me give you a programming note.

0:04.4

If you want to hear the latest and greatest about the war on the college football playoff,

0:09.7

the Big Ten side, the SEC side, Odyssey.com rewind, did about two hours on it.

0:14.0

Really good feedback from you guys.

0:16.1

We also got into who the Tigers are heavily interested in in the division in the trade market.

0:22.0

What we want to do now is the breaking news and no siren needed.

0:25.7

T.J. Watt got his money.

0:30.3

Wow.

0:31.6

Three years and $124 million with essentially all of it guaranteed.

0:39.6

It's like 108 or 110 guaranteed.

0:43.0

108 guaranteed.

0:44.5

Just say fully guaranteed at this point.

0:48.0

Average AAV of $41 million.

0:51.3

He is the highest paid non-quarterback in NFL history, and he is now the third

0:56.1

edge rush slash defensive end making north of 40 million in the National Football League. So here's

1:03.9

the question. And I don't have the answer. I don't know what right and wrong is. I'm asking,

1:10.6

do these contracts being handed out to defensive ends give you more or less urgency to get Aden's deal done?

1:22.9

Because look, I can only tell you if I reped Aden as a guy sub.

1:31.4

I mean, Aden's what, 25 or 26 tops?

1:35.1

You know, young, elite production, when healthy, the injury you can't hold against him.

1:40.8

It was a weird thing last year.

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