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,

Watt famously held out all summer in 2021, as he waited for a new deal. That deal would come in the form of a four-year, $112 million extensi