{"id":1790554,"date":"2022-12-30T09:20:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1790554"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:20:41","slug":"cardinals-head-coach-says-he-had-no-idea-jj-watt-was-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cardinals-head-coach-says-he-had-no-idea-jj-watt-was-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals Head Coach Says He Had \u201cNo Idea\u201d JJ Watt Was Retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fcardinals-head-coach-says-he-had-no-idea-jj-watt-was-retiring%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=1790554&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<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jj-watttt.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>JJ Watt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/jj-watt-announces-retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retirement announcement<\/a> didn\u2019t just catch NFL fans by surprise, it was also a shocker for both his head coach and his employer. <\/p>\n<p>According to Kliff Kingsbury himself, he found out about Watt\u2019s plan to retire at the end of the season at the same time the rest of the world did.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Cardinals\u2019 head coach admitted during his Wednesday press conference that he and the rest of the coaching staff had no idea the Watt announcement was coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy for him; he seems like he\u2019s in a really good place,\u201d Kingsbury <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoBrack\/status\/1608182260980908032?s=20&#038;t=m73yGB4p4sEIG8gvhgThbA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> reporters. \u201cWe had no idea that that was coming, but what a tremendous player, person and all-time greatest. To see him play the way he played the other night and then hear that. I think it\u2019s just a special time for him, the organization, the entire NFL to kind of celebrate him these last two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>While Watt\u2019s retirement announcement may have come as a surprise to many, anyone who saw how emotional he was following Arizona\u2019s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this past Sunday likely saw the news coming.<\/p>\n<p>Watt had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/jj-watt-cardinals-buccaneers-cry-leaving-field-last-game-future-resign-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tears in his eyes<\/a>\u00a0As he left the field, he seemed to take in every moment. We now know that this will be his last home game.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"h-rumors-suggest-kliff-kingsbury-could-walkaway-as-cardinals-coach\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/rumors-suggest-kliff-kingsbury-could-walkaway-as-cardinals-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RUMORS SUGGEST KLIFF KINGSBURY COULD WALKAWAY AS CARDINALS COACH<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Watt didn\u2019t necessarily owe it to the Cardinals to tell him his plans to retire, but then again, this may be an inside look at just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/kyler-murray-arizona-cardinals-attitude-kliff-kingsbury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how bad things are in Arizona<\/a> For the moment. <\/p>\n<p>The best player on your roster not telling anyone he\u2019s going to be hanging it up at the end of the season is a bit of an odd move, but hey, you have to respect the shock factor out of Watt\u2019s announcement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JJ Watt\u2019s retirement announcement didn\u2019t just catch NFL fans by surprise, it was also a shocker for both his head coach and his employer. According to Kliff Kingsbury himself, he found out about Watt\u2019s plan to retire at the end of the season at the same time the rest of the world did. 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