HOUSTON – Comments Houston Texans star J.J. Watt made during an interview of local sports radio are making headlines on Wednesday.
According to an interview with Nick Wright and John Lopez on “In The Loop” on SportsRadio 610, Watt told the radio show that he was not going to play too long in the NFL.
“I don’t have any idea what the answer is. I’m going to continue to play until I feel like I can’t play at that highest level anymore,” Watt said when asked what age he would like to play to.
The star defensive end and three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year explained that he was going to play as long as he still enjoys’ the game he loves.
“I can tell you right now that I am not going to be one of those guys that is going to play as long as I possibly can. I have no interest in that. I want to go out there, I want to play at an extremely high level, I want to help my team out and I want to love playing the game and I want to have fun playing the game. I know I don’t plan on playing the game as long as I possibly can. It’s not going to be terribly longer but I am going to play as long as I can enjoy it and have fun.”
During the interview, the radio show hosts asked Watt what era of NFL football he would like to play in. The Texans star said he would like to play in the 1990s so he could play with his heroes Reggie White and Brett Farve.
Watt said he was not interested in the playing in a future era.
“I don’t want to play in the future,” Watt said. “I’m not going to play very much longer, myself.”
Watt signed a seven-year $100 million contract before the 2014 season.
