This article was originally published on www.si.com as T.J. Watt Had Brutally Honest Admission About Steelers’ Recent Playoff Struggles. T.J. Watt just signed a record-breaking three-year extension worth $123 million with the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he's been his entire NFL career thus far.

Despite his own individual dominance since entering the NFL in 2017, Pittsburgh Steelers star T.J. Watt is still seeking his first playoff win.

Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end T.J. Watt earned praise as one of the game's best players with his new contract that reached untouched heights. This weekend, Watt signed a three-year, $123 million extension with the Steelers that makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history by annual salary ($41 million).

Months before Watt agreed to the three-year, $123 million deal that made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL, Watt cryptically posted a story to his Instagram of him in Steelers uniform holding up a peace sign. That simple post in April prompted talk of whether Watt should be traded and several theories for why Watt made the post.

LATROBE, Pa. -- T.J. Watt is back in Latrobe with the Pittsburgh Steelers after signing his three-year, $123 million extension. However, while he is excited to meet many of the new faces, there is one under the radar name Watt really wnats to see more than most -- cornerback Cory Trice.

The Steelers won a playoff game in January 2017. Just a few months before the Steelers made linebacker T.J. Watt the 30th pick in the draft. Since then, the Steelers haven’t won in the postseason. Which means that Watt never has.

Steelers' T.J. Watt is now the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL — and fellow edge rusher Micah Parsons has taken notice.

T.J. Watt has inked another big contract extension. Here's a look at where that brings his career earnings in comparison to his brother, J.J. Watt.

Watt hasn't won a playoff game, much less a Super Bowl, in eight seasons, but he thinks the Steelers' aggressive approach can change that.