{"id":1788140,"date":"2022-12-27T16:49:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788140"},"modified":"2022-12-27T16:49:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:49:29","slug":"an-absolute-honor-j-j-watt-makes-shocking-announcement-hes-retiring-from-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-absolute-honor-j-j-watt-makes-shocking-announcement-hes-retiring-from-the-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An Absolute Honor\u2019: J.J. Watt Makes Shocking Announcement He\u2019s Retiring From The NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fan-absolute-honor-j-j-watt-makes-shocking-announcement-hes-retiring-from-the-nfl%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788140&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>J.J. Watt, Arizona Cardinals star, made a shocking announcement about his retirement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL star <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJWatt\/status\/1607765508476252160?s=20&#038;t=7Z6QuUh7f66KCWoVjWXtww\">tweeted<\/a> To his 5.6 million followers, a photo of him holding his baby son Koa and his wife Kealia Watt after Sunday&#8217;s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19-16 in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKoa\u2019s first ever NFL game,\u201d Watt tweeted. \u201cMy last ever NFL home game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart is filled with nothing but love and gratitude,\u201d He concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s been an absolute honor and a pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Koa\u2019s first ever NFL game. <br \/>Last ever NFL home game. <\/p>\n<p>My heart is full of love and gratitude. It\u2019s been an absolute honor and a pleasure. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wXbDUcHM8B\">pic.twitter.com\/wXbDUcHM8B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JJ Watt (@JJWatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJWatt\/status\/1607765508476252160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>News of Watt\u2019s retirement comes after the Cardinals failed to add another win to their season. The Arizona team\u2019s record now stands at 4-11.<\/p>\n<p>Watt\u2019s 12-year NFL career beginning in 2011 took him from the Houston Texans, where he spent the majority of his career as one of the top defensive players in the league, before signing in 2021 with the Cardinals before the season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/35328432\/cardinals-jj-watt-announces-final-nfl-season\">ESPN<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/j-j-watt-gets-emotional-following-emergency-heart-procedure-i-have-a-baby-on-the-way\">Cardinals\u2019 defensive lineman<\/a> According to the outlet, he was awarded Defensive Player-of-the Year three times during his time with the Texans. He is one of three players who have managed this; Lawrence Taylor and Aaron Donald were the other two. ESPN also noted that he is the only player to have 20 or more sacks in multiple seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Watt&#8217;s tweet that he was walking out of the game was quickly followed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame stating that Watt would be eligible for the 2028 class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing [J.J. Watt]\u2019s announcement that he will retire after this season, we can confirm that he\u2019d first be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2028,\u201d It was a tweet.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These are the following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJWatt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JJWatt<\/a>We can confirm that after the announcement by &#8216;that he would retire at the end of this season, we can confirm that his eligibility for the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be in 2028. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OQt6sOf66P\">pic.twitter.com\/OQt6sOf66P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProFootballHOF\/status\/1607781463021477888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His wife and he welcomed their first child together, Koa James in October. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sports\/cardinals-jj-watt-announces-plan-to-retire-after-final-game-of-season\/\">People<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove and happiness have reached heights we never even knew existed,\u201d Watt shared his thoughts on Instagram at the same time. \u201cKoa James Watt 10.23.22.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>J.J. &#038; Keila, a professional football player, will celebrate their 3rd wedding anniversary in February.<\/p>\n<p>Watt will be remembered also for his contributions to the world of television. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dont-sell-your-shoes-j-j-watt-steps-up-offers-to-help-a-fan-pay-for-her-grandpas-funeral\">off-the-field support<\/a> The outlet stated that his foundation, which he started in 2010, raised over $37 million for Hurricane Harvey victims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/j-j-watt-gets-emotional-following-emergency-heart-procedure-i-have-a-baby-on-the-way\">J.J. Watt Gets Emotional Following Emergency Heart Procedure: \u2018I Have A Baby On The\u00a0Way\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Cardinals star J.J. Watt made a shocking retirement announcement on Tuesday. The NFL star tweeted to his 5.6 million followers a picture of him holding his infant son Koa with his wife Kealia Watt after the Cardinals lost the Sunday game to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19-16 in overtime. \u201cKoa\u2019s first ever NFL game,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1788143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[12087,9794,7906,6202,5599,4722,10567,7215,11741,5587,12086,6195],"class_list":["post-1788140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-an","tag-absolute","tag-announcement","tag-daily","tag-hes","tag-honor","tag-j-j","tag-nfl","tag-retiring","tag-shocking","tag-watt","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1788143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}