Steelers? J.J. Watt Says He Would Un-Retire in One Scenario
J.J. Watt says he would return, but it would only be for DeMeco Ryans and the Houston Texans if they really needed him to come back.
Would J.J. Watt make an NFL comeback? Over the weekend, there was one scenario where he said he would return to the NFL, but it won’t be for his brother T.J.’s Pittsburgh Steelers. The 35-year-old Watt said he would come back to play for the Houston Texans and DeMeco Ryans if they needed him to return. But it would only be in a dire scenario.
“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,” J.J. Watt said. “This is the last year I’ll tell him that, because I’m not going to keep training the way I’ve been training, but he knows that if he ever truly does need it, I’ll be there for him. I don’t anticipate that happening — they’ve got a very good group.”
Watt said he missed the game the most when he came to Pittsburgh for the Steelers’ Week 9 game against the Tennessee Titans, and watched from a suite rather than playing on the field.
“When I went to Pittsburgh and visited T.J. and watched him get ready for the game, that was hands down the moment, where I was like, ‘This is the first time I definitely miss playing,’” J.J. Watt said. “It was halfway through the year. … I felt all those emotions before the game, and then the next morning, he woke up all sore, bruised up, has to go get treatment and everything. I popped up, went for a nice walk and had a coffee. It was great. I don’t have any of those things.”
But it seems pretty simple that this will not be happening. J.J. does keep himself in excellent shape, so if there is anyone who could do it, it would be him. But he has not played since 2022, and it would take a lot for a team to pull him out of retirement at this point.
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