J.J. Watt may have been a leader inside the locker room, but don’t look for the former three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year to lead from the sidelines.
The Houston Texans’ face of the franchise from 2011-20 joined “Pardon My Take” on Wednesday to talk about his future in the NFL as a coach, which is an especially fascinating prospect given Watt’s former teammate, DeMeco Ryans, is leading the Texans as its sixth full-time coach in club history.
Watt indicated that if Ryans asked him to say anything to the current players, he would be much obliged. As far as actual coaching goes, it would be outside of his interests.
“I’ll pop in and talk to the boys, and I’ll watch practice, and I’ll talk to them, but, no, I have no interest in the hours and the time commitment and going to the combine and going to the Senior Bowl and doing all these things,” Watt said via Matt Young of the Houston Chronicle. “I do not have interest in that.”
The Texans had one of their legends on the coaching staff in some capacity in 2019 with Andre Johnson. The former receiver and inaugural Texans Ring of Honor inductee was in unique role where he was on the coaching staff, an adviser to the general manager, and also worked in the scouting department. Johnson left the team in that official capacity in 2020.
