J.J. Watt Rips Media for “Insane and Ridiculous” NFL Training Camp Coverage

J.J. Watt rips media for “insane and ridiculous” NFL training camp coverage

Former NFL All-Pro J.J. Watt is criticized the media for their coverage of training camp in a rant that's gone viral.

The ‘ridiculous’ part of NFL training camp media that J.J. Watt is tired of

J.J. Watt is fed up with the over-analyzation of NFL training camp. The five-time All-Pro defensive end took to X on Thursday and eviscerated members of sports media who are tracking stats during the preseason.

Eagles beat reporter responds to J.J. Watt callout

On Thursday, CBS NFL broadcaster J.J. Watt put beat reporters on blast over the increasingly popular practice of reporting on stats at training camps, which Watt sees as a “insane and ridiculous” concept. And while Watt didn’t single out one beat writer in particular, Eagles beat reporter Eliot Shorr-Parks, who has posted training camp stats extensively this week, heard Watt’s grievances loud and clear. Shorr-Parks, who covers the team for Sport…

JJ Watt Says Training Camp Stats are "Insane and Ridiculous"

JJ Watt chiming in here: This could be considered a direct attack on Eliot Shorr-Parks, because he’s the one who started this. Now you see beats all across the NFL, in lesser markets like Cleveland, for example, doing stats of their own. But before you can talk about training camp stats, you first have to […]

JJ Watt Viciously Bodybagged An Internet Troll Who Tried Chirping Him For Never Winning A Super Bowl

JJ Watt (Credit: Thomas Shea-Imagn Images) A note for current and future internet trolls: Do not come at former NFL defensive end JJ Watt under any circumstances. JJ Watt spent 12 years terrifying opposing offensive linemen and quarterbacks in the NFL, racking up 114.5 sacks, 27 forced fumbles and 70 pass breakups in his career. Watt won three Defensive Player of the Year Awards over a four-year span (2012, 2014 and 2015), one of three players t…

“Practice Is for Practicing”: J.J. Watt Calls the Serious Reporting of Training Camp “Insane and Ridiculous”

By July 22 and 23, all 32 NFL teams had their veterans report to training camp. Of course, that doesn’t include the handful of players still holding out. But for everyone else, football is officially back, or at least the closest thing to it. With the regular season still almost two months away, this is the time when the real work begins. Players are fighting for depth chart spots, battling for positions, trying to avoid the cut list, and making…