When No. 1 overall pick Jadeveon Clowney needs some pointers on getting to the quarterback, he need only look across the huddle at sackmaster and teammate J.J. Watt and ask for advice.
Now he can ask Watt to pick up the check, too.
Watt, the two-time first-team All-Pro and 2012 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, has agreed to a long-term extension with the Houston Texans, FOX Sports NFL Insider Mike Garafolo confirmed Monday night.
According to Garafolo and other outlets, the specifics are staggering, hitting quite an eye-opening threshold:
McCain reported that the two sides had been negotiating for several weeks, that Texans GM Rick Smith has a policy of not negotiating during the regular season, and that Watt, with two years remaining on his rookie deal, "had no leverage."
According to McCain:

 Watt, who was voted NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2012 and is considered to be the league’s premier defensive player, had no leverage.
 Watt had two years left on his contract, and the Texans could have used the franchise tag on him after that. They redid his deal because he’s a great player who outplayed his original contract.
 The Texans usually negotiate extensions for their best players when they have one year left on their contract. But they make exceptions for their elite players like Watt and Andre Johnson.

Johnson had five years left on his contract when he worked out an extension in 2010. According to McCain, Watt's rookie contract called for a base salary of $1.9 million this season and carried a $6.9 million option for next season.
Watt, the 11th overall pick in the 2011 Draft, has 36.5 regular-season sacks and has never missed a game in his three-year career. He also has five sacks and an interception return for a TD in four career playoff games.
Watt led the NFL with 20.5 sacks and batted down 16 passes in his Defensive POY campaign.
Last season, Watt had 10.5 sacks, seven passes defensed, and was named first-team All-Pro again, one of the bright spots on an otherwise dismal Texans team that finished a league-worst 2-14 and earned the first pick in the Draft.
With that pick Houston selected Clowney, the pass-rushing specialist out of South Carolina.