Steelers won’t be signing J.J. Watt – sorry!

When it comes to a Watt Brothers reunion in Pittsburgh, there’s a lot of heat, but not a lot of light. You have T.J. Watt all but begging his brother to sign with the Steelers, uniting those two and fullback Derek Watt in black and gold. And what football franchise wouldn’t want to unite this Wisconsin football family? The mere prospect has Steelers’ fans lighting it up on social media. It is high-wattage Watt mania, 24/7. Even the famous sandwich chain Primanti Bros., which perfected the Pittsburgh tradition of putting the fries between the bread, is on board offering to rename the fast-growing franchise the Watt Bros. Wow! Watt-mani is peak Pittsburgh at this point.That’s also when you know this is more of a PR move than a football one. This isn’t fans collecting football cards, as Pittsburgh sports radio host Mark Madden scoffed. It’s building a football team with many glaring holes up and down the roster, all on a salary-cap-strapped budget. Singing J.J. Watt is a luxury, not a need. And the 2021 Steelers, a team taking body blows all over their lineup, can ill afford luxuries. They don’t even know who’ll be the starting Steelers’ quarterback, at this point. These are the questions to focus upon -- and so we do in this high-wattage edition of the Steelers Update Podcast. Be sure to check out the print column on Thursday because we got all the funniest memes about the J.J. Watt sweepstakes, which the Browns and the Bills have a much better shot at winning. We tell you why, along with everything else, in this podcast --- so listen up, Steelers (and Watt) fans!

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