Just a few short years ago, now retired NFL DE J.J. Watt sent out a surprising announcement in that he was taking a deal with the Arizona Cardinals.
source: me. pic.twitter.com/1Y6okQBUy5
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 1, 2021
With teams like the Green Bay Packers and others in the running, this was a surprise to many.
In hindsight, other teams probably were not as close to signing Watt as they had hoped to be for one very specific reason. The money involved.