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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Hahaha this feels like a Peyton move... "oh, I didn't REALLY get manhandled, I was actually playing through injury... an injury so bad it could keep me out all year! ... which I will now miraculously recover from, because I'm so tough."
Karma is a *****
McNair and his 'JJ wouldn't destroy his phone' comes home to roost
yet somehow he doesnt get the **** that other diva players getI feel so bad for him. It couldn't happen to a nicer, more genuine and humble guy.
Seriously though, he loves an excuse doesn't he, not saying he's not hurt atm, but his ego is wouldn't ever let him play badly without having some reason for it. The most "look at me and love me" guy in the league.
i feel his pain. i had a bad herniated disc after a car accident. i couldn't bend, couldn't run, and even sitting was a pain. it's not something you can't play through. once that hit that nerve spot it feels like lightening has struck on your back
You can play with bad knees, ankles and even AC joints (we hope). You CANNOT play with a bad back. To bad, he's a great player and a particular binkie of mine when he came out. And about a month before the draft it looked like he might drop to us or at least be within 5 spot range where it would be possible to get him with a reasonable trade Within 3 weeks it became clear he was going in the top half of the first round and completely out of our reach. IIRC we went to Houston at 11, and after good but not spectacular rookie season, he's been the best defensive football player in the league....until now. BTW- PFT is reporting he's going on IR.
I think the first objective that season was to find Matt Light's replacement. I had forgotten we had the 17 pick that year (we are so rarely that high in the draft). It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Watt had fallen to 17. My impression is the BB believes that finding that top DLman is harder than finding a top OLman. He probably would have gone that way.....and all things being equal, JJ Watt would have been on the PUP list as a Patriot to start this season.We had the 17 (Solder) and 28 (traded to N.Orleans who took Ingram) picks that year, so there was some chatter about trading up to get Watt. I'd love to know if it was ever a realistic possibility. I'm guessing that Belichick felt that it wasn't.
You're correct. He went at 11 to Houston.
I think it was a terribly irresponsible decision on the part of the Texans.
Not that he isn't a great player, but has JJ Watt ever had a good game against the Patriots? I can't recall him ever being much of a factor.