Three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year JJ Watt retired from the NFL after 12 seasons in 2022, finishing on a high note by racking up 12.5 sacks at the age of 33 for the Arizona Cardinals.
Now 35 and with his Houston Texans, the team where he played his first 10 seasons, looking like contenders after winning the AFC South division in the first year of head coach DeMeco Ryans‘ tenure as head coach, the 2010’s All-Decade Team member and current NFL analyst for the “NFL Today” on CBS Sports, is cracking the door open to return to football for one more year to play for his former Houston teammate. The Texans current head coach played one season in Houston’s front seven with Watt in 2011.
“I’m a very fortunate, lucky man. I have a beautiful wife, I have a beautiful son. I’ve had 12 great years in this league and I’m very thankful to have walked away healthy and playing great,” Watt said on Saturday, via SportsRadio 610 in Houston when asked how he resists the allure of coming out of retirement to play for the Texans. “I told DeMeco last year, I said, ‘Don’t call unless you absolutely need it, but if you ever do call, I’ll be there.’ And he knows not to call unless he absolutely needs it. This is the…
