JJ Watt as unimpressed with Bill O’Brien as the rest of us
Houston Texans star JJ Watt delved into a number of topics during a conference call Wednesday. He spoke without reservation about his current contract situation, among many other things.
But when it came time to praise his head coach, Bill O’Brien, Watt absolutely blanked
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Check out this awkward video of Watt being hit with a question he likely wasn’t expecting. Rivers McCown of The Athletic shared this clip Wednesday, noting how JJ Watt struggled to come up with an answer to how O’Brien is a good head coach.
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It was brutal, but Watt eventually came in with a save, though stopping well short of a ringing endorsement.
Then again, he has expressed frustration with at least one of the moves O’Brien has made lately.
After O’Brien sent superstar DeAndre Hopkins packing to the Arizona Cardinals in a really bad value trade for Houston, Watt talked about that move. He expressed that it was “tough to lose a guy like that, no matter what the situation is.
During the same interview, Watt said the decision to trade Hopkins was “above my pay grade.â€
