PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is confident that the team will reach a deal with star outside linebacker T.J. Watt, but added he is unsure of exactly when that will happen.

They're doing so without one of the roster's star players, T.J. Watt, who is holding out in an effort to secure a new contract from Pittsburgh. Mike Tomlin spoke to media earlier in the week and conveyed he wasn't surprised by Watt's absence,

When the Pittsburgh Steelers opened minicamp this week, newly signed quarterback Aaron Rodgers was there but one prominent member of the team’s defense wasn’t. Star pass-rusher T.J. Watt is arguably the most important player on the Steelers’ roster,