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Houston Texans star pass rusher J.J. Watt is not happy with his teammates.
Losing to the then-3-10-1 Cincinnati Bengals, the Texans have now fallen to 4-11 in a very disappointing season, and Watt is not happy with how the team is playing.
“We’re professional athletes making a whole lot of money,” Watt said, via Joe Gleason of KTRK. “If you can’t come in and put work in in the building, go out to the practice field and work hard, do your lifts and do what you’re supposed to do, you should not be here. This is a job.”
Watt noted even further how, even if the team is having a bad season, the community is always behind them and that is why the Texans needs to give it their all, even when the season is all but over.
“They have no reason whatsoever to,” Watt said. “We stink. But they care and they still want to win and they still want you to be great. Those people aren’t being paid. We’re being paid handsomely. That’s who I feel the most bad for is our fans and the people who care so deeply in this city. . . . It sucks as a player to know we aren’t giving fans what they deserve.”
This has been a transformative season for the Texans, and not in a good way. After multiple disputes between head coach Bill O'Brien and star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, Hopkins was traded to the Arizona Cardinals. Since then the Cardinals have been one of the biggest surprises in the NFL while the Texans have been one of the biggest disappointments in the league.
That, along with a number of other poor decisions, eventually led to O'Brien's dismissal.
In spite of the change in coaches, the Texans has still struggled and the players are giving up on the team, which is not a good sign moving forward.
