Former NFL Defensive Player of the Year and brother of Steelers OLB T.J., J.J. Watt may have retired after the 2022 NFL season, he admitted on The Pat McAfee Show today that he monitored the Steelers situation on defense last season in considering a potential comeback. He also said he looked at the Houston Texans, the team he played the first 10 seasons of his career with.
“I absolutely am,” Watt said when asked if he was fully retired. “Halfway through this last season, I definitely was monitoring the Steelers and Texans situations, but it never escalated to any sort of actual potential.