J.J. Watt Reads HIs Negative Draft Reviews | The Dan Patrick Show | 2/4/16

[@deviousmonke]

3 defensive player of the year awards, 4 pro bowl appearances, 2 time NFL sack leader, and 4 time first team all American. How wrong they were💯

[@tdt1555]

should be a 2 time mvp

[@TheCTD123]

Chris Olander-Waters Don't forget former #1 player in the NFL

[@Mistrinho]

And this tells you what - scouts ain't shit. You can't predict who will be a flop and who will be a star.

[@yoteslayerisawesome6]

How could he have been a 4 time All American when he left his Junior year? He was a one time first team all American. Still will go down as one of the greatest of all time though.

[@bowlchamps37]

Scouting is one of the hardest thing in all of sports. Maybe even the hardest when you consider how wrong they are. Do not underestimate that.

[@supahman20]

"won't ever be a stud pass rusher"

[@charlesdarks8850]

That's the best one :-)

[@kierstondeloach472]

Charles Darks right 😂

[@Butt_Lick]

Wes Hardin to be fair he had no sacks this season

[@chrisrodriguez9337]

+Ulysses Tenorio he had 1.5 sacks this year but got hurt week 3

[@chrisrodriguez9337]

+Ulysses Tenorio and was out for the year

[@VitiV]

"won't ever be a stud pass rusher" 2x defensive player of the year. But that is none of my business.

[@TheHaloGamer]

This is exactly why do many amazing players come out of nowhere in late rounds and so many bad players come out the first round. It really is impossible to tell how someone will do in the NFL opposed to the combine and the NCAA.

[@brrrr9165]

SH4D0WXR33CONt1 he was still a first rounder

[@skankhunt2731]

I just watched a bunch of these. All these guys have a ton of pride and it’s hilarious

[@theRevolutionaryMind]

Honestly, scouts are wrong so often it is something you can not take too seriously as a player or coach. Very few people are actually good at rating talent of a player at a young age. If this was another field most of them would be fired quickly because they get it wrong to often.

[@elnumbrotres]

I literally loled when he asked who wrote it haha

[@PerezSportsOfficial]

these are the kind of profiles that you put on the ceiling while you bench press or on the door entering the weightroom

[@schloergrape5191]

very mature response from Watt at the end

[@ofallmyintention9496]

I never listen to sports analysis unless they are ex-players or coaches. Non-athletes or non-coaches seem to be wrong 80-90% of the time.

[@mitchellbowman22]

People should understand its a scouts job to look for the wrinkles in a players game and then it's the coaches job to iron them out.

[@shanemccluney1199]

oh scouts from ladainian tomlinson to jj watt getting some of the best football players wrong and for those who don't know, scouts said Ladainian tomlinson would be a huge bust

[@nancypine9952]

They said Brady lacks a strong arm and the ability to drive the ball downfield. Every year at the time of the draft Brady sends that out to remind players that getting a bad rap from the scouts doesn't mean all that much.

[@mindlessambience524]

The scouts that wrote these need to find a new career, badly.

[@johnrockerman7010]

Hey JJ they said that about you because are white if were black they would have called you the greatest athlete in human kind

[@DeeboGreen]

He’s overrated, just white so we over hype him

[@johngonzalez949]

Ink God your a idiot you must not know shit about football

[@Yusoo8]

And a 2 time DPOY

[@zigsento]

"he won't ever be a stud pass rusher" LMFAOOOOO SOMEONE TELL ME WHO WROTE THIS

[@joemonreal4494]

that's the same report they gave bosa...

[@1luckcs]

except bosa sucks

[@joemonreal4494]

+Justin Hopkins that's what they said about jj

[@sambaer2003]

In his first game, Two sacks. Two qb rushes. Five combined tackles. Three tackles for loss. Yeah, you're right.....

[@joemonreal4494]

Sam Baer Melvins Gordon is the reason the D is so vastly improved now that the chargers have a run game theyre not on the field for 35 min a game

[@foxfire1112]

That's watts point. The "white guy" stereotype in football

[@andrewnichols8370]

JJ watt was underrated because he's white

[@biologicalstatistics3320]

underrated? you don't even know what you're talking about.

[@dreamcrusher8102]

Biological Statistics WAS. he was the 11th pick.

[@T7rake]

Biological Statistics he's talking about when jj watt was in college lol

[@prestonwood4333]

Andrew Nichols Not true isn't wasn't because he was white it's because Scouts are lazy. There are plenty of white pass rushers current and in the past that were white and good. They do black players the same way it's funny when they try to find someone to compare a player to it's always someone from there race. Like Cam Newton they try to compare him to another black qb but physically and skill set he's more similar to Big Ben or Russell Wilson he's similar to Drew Brees but they have to find a "dual threat" qb to compare with. Scouts should do better than that

[@TheHaloGamer]

No, he's underrated because he's a defensive player. He probably the most popular defensive player save the extremely overrated Richard Sherman.

[@unclematt3]

2:03 It's interesting, it seems like Watt is hinting about an unspoken bias against white athletes. All the things he mentions, "high motor, student of the game, gym rat, not overly athletic but will grind it out" are things that don't have anything to do with innate physical abilities. Dan Patrick even starts the discussion by asking, "Was there a stereotype about you?" Funny that everybody is sort of talking about this, but nobody comes right out and says it.

[@Yeomannn]

It exists.

[@killawaplayer]

"Could you imagine what I could do if I learned to use my hands effectively?" actually got me laughing

[@wesleyball1205]

If he did that, he might get a nickname “J J Swatt” that would be cool.

[@ryanslauderdale]

Every Houstonian woman watching this would wet themselves at the thought of that.

[@BrockPageProductions]

These scouts deserve to be fired.

[@TheGeorgeD13]

Even the best scouts of all time get wrong over 50% of the time. The draft is truly a crapshoot.

[@christopherceasar5353]

remember this was written when j.j came out of college so he was smaller he wasnt using his hands at the time and he i s slower than other D.E the scouts did there job and JJ did his by improving

[@Evan-rc2lq]

Before you all judge these scouts.... check out his fucking college stats and chill the fuck out

[@sskimback]

Bc he used to play tight end before he became defensive end

[@ffryan]

At the time these scouts had a lot of reasons to write what they did. What this is a testament to is JJ's work ethic, not accepting limitations on himself, and pushing forward.

[@Evan-rc2lq]

Mark Bravo ffryan exactly! You can't blame them for what they wrote because he was so unpolished, due to being new at the position. Same reason Gates went undrafted and jimmy graham dropped to the 3rd.

[@trellaren5904]

Jimmy Graham is also a tight end... that's kind of where they tend to get picked up. Occasionally they'll go earlier, but most tight ends don't even play in year 1...

[@aaronbrungardt6603]

Drafts are just as much of a crap shoot as fantasy football is. You never know how these players are going to turn out from one season to another especially fresh out of college.

[@taylor07121]

When it said "he'll NEVER be a stud pass rusher, I literally died inside😂😂😂😂😂

[@zyxwut321]

What else were these unimaginative team bureaucrats going to say about him? He's a white guy from Wisconsin. In their minds they're saying, "spend a couple years on special teams and get into coaching, son". And for most white guys coming into the NFL on defense they'd be right. For every JJ Watt there are dozens if not hundreds of undersized (which he was slightly when he entered the NFL) white prospects from smaller programs who would perfectly fit the scouting report. JJ Watt's not just fly for a white guy, he's one of the best defensive players in his generation. He's a freak of athleticism and motor. If more JJ Watts type players start breaking into the NFL and start succeeding like him the perception of white defensive players will start to change.

[@db123OG]

He was 6,6 when he went to the NFL.

[@mbanderson83]

There are tons of great White defenders, this is just nonsense. Clay Matthews went through the same issues. Packers picked him in the first round and most analysts were shocked. Christ Borland was another one. ultimately he left on his own but in terms of being a football player he was a beast. I could go on and on talking about White defenders that are amazing but came in with a stigma. It's the racism that nobody gives a shit about.

[@myboyblue4383]

Um what?

[@zyxwut321]

myboyblue 32 Let me make it easier for you. There are a lot of smaller program overachieving white players coming out every year who look a lot like JJ Watt did. NFL scouts thought he was like that. He proved them wrong. Period.

[@myboyblue4383]

zyxwut321 No I know what you meant. I'm just shocked that you made this about race.

[@JSalonsky]

"Has bad back"

[@geoffadam2094]

Brilliant! People do not realize how significant a lower back injury is in normal life much less a professional athlete! That's why I compared it to Tiger Woods' knee injury years ago. He had to change his swing to overcompensate the knee and injured his back. Now J.J. has done the same, in reverse, with a knee injury.

[@noodlesyoutuber]

Jack Salonsky he does dumbass

[@tyhamilton2077]

Jack Salonsky It’s crazy to think even after all those injuries he’s tied for 3rd in the league with 9.0 sacks. Shows you how far dedication and persistence will get you in life. Really nice guy off the field too, great role model.

[@sputnikalgrim]

This shit cracks me up.

[@NoHennyForYu]

anyone here after jj released from the titans

[@christesar]

Didn't know he played for the titans lol. Do believe his only team has been the Texans.

[@jamaalsgurl06]

@@christesar he coming to steelers #LETSGO🟡⚫️

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

"Can you imagine what I could do if I learned how to use my hands effectively?" All the girls just got wet.

[@epicspartan10]

have you ever spoken to a woman

[@stealth7516]

@@epicspartan10 you gotta admit JJ is a fine man

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

@@epicspartan10yes, and a lot of the girls in Houston would go to the H‑E‑B grocery stores when JJ was single, because he had a deal with them and they wanted to go find him. Not kidding, it was a thing.

[@willwiner2832]

recommended in September 2020 anyone??

[@arodisgod13]

I’m guessing the stereotype he’s talking about is being a white guy who will be more limited then his black teammates. Scrappy high motor are the terms they usually use

[@ramal5708]

Who's here after he moved to Cardinals?

[@kiaracln28]

He looks handsome in here!

[@winkytee897]

doesn't he, I'm loving the beard

[@havingfun1968]

I've NEVER seen anyone faster besides Joe Greene... Both are BEYOND dominating.

[@jebbediah3]

C'mon though, coming into the league? It's hard to argue. He's obviously worked on those things, gotten bigger and better. None of this is a knock on him now, it was points he needed to work on, and he did. Waste of a segment, aside from the comment about him not ever being a stud. Never deal in absolutes.

[@justwatchinthis1]

Bingo!

[@mbanderson83]

Um no, he was an absolute monster in college. That's the whole point. It was obvious to anyone that watched him in college that he was going to be a stud. Every single Badger fan on the planet knew it and so did the vast majority of Big Ten fans. He was absolutely unstoppable at times and he only played the position for a couple years. He should have been as obvious a pick as there was.

[@jebbediah3]

+Matthew Anderson just about anyone with above-average talent can dominate in college and flop in the NFL. There are tons of examples, JJ wasn't perfect in college, And that's the point

[@GoldPitbull]

well texans fans dont agree with you because he got boo'd when he walked on stage by texans fans

[@pcpolice2518]

Matthew Anderson I was just going to say this but thank god. Been a badger fan since I was a little kid and I gotta say JJ Watt was prob the biggest guy I’ve ever seen play college ball

[@Redmenace96]

To be fair to the scout: Was J.J. fully developed when he came out? Was his rookie year a sensation? Just looked it up- the scout report was probably written incoming to college, or while at Central Michigan. He was a 2 star recruit, and took a season or two to find his place on Wisco squad. He started college as a TE!

[@JK-br1mu]

You're not allowed to say Wisco, Romie fan.

[@jeremysadowskijr3789]

J.J.'S A BEAST

[@ftghb]

jj watt definitely is not the same guy he is now coming out of college. He's beefed up so much since coming out, he wasn't an all pro coming out. He got better in the league

[@USMCTexan]

This guy is going to leave Lawrence Taylor and Reggie White behind and be the best defender to ever play the game. Watch and see.

[@wilcross50]

No he won't. Watch and see.

[@Chimcharlover13]

+caleb0286 Ignore stupid Bob. I completely agree with you; Watt will be easily better than White and Taylor ever were.

[@augustramirez2983]

+bob loblaw Really? already has the same number of DPOY awards as LT.

[@TheTruthiest]

+caleb0286 The Giants went from 4-12 without a winning season in 8 years to making the playoffs after LT joined the team. His off-the-field problems led him to have an inconsistent career compared to what Watt has been able to do, but he was a key part of winning 2 Super Bowls. If Watt keeps going close to this pace, he will have the best career statistically, but he needs to help lead the team to greater success overall to surpass LT.

[@boatzNhoez03]

+Tailslover13 easily be better no. But I think he would be better he's an animal.

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

It just shows how much draft placement really matters. You can be a really high draft pick, but go to a crappy team that doesn’t help you adjust to the NFL as well as a better team would. JJ had his own coaches call him completely lazy his first few years. You think that didn’t fuel him to be better? Mahomes slid in the draft, but he got Andy Reid as a coach. I think of the three major coaches that took QBs in that draft, Andy Reid was the best coach that could fix Mahomes’s flaws. Andy is a wizard when it comes to getting the most out of a QB, as far as development and play design. You put those two together, and...well, you know what happened. Houston needed an immediate playmaker. Their initial starting QB that year (Tom Savage) lasted 30 minutes against a strong Jacksonville defense. At the time they were drafted, Watson was the most NFL ready. Mahomes needed to sit for a year. Fortunately for KC, they still had Alex Smith and a good team overall, so they could do that.

[@TheSaltBoiCometh]

“He won’t ever be a stud pass rusher” literally number 1 and number 3 on the nfl top 100

[@has3219]

i mean the nigga was drafted 11th overall come on

[@spencerbush1474]

Should've been the #1 overall pick. He was the best player in that draft class hands down.

[@HLL_raiser_]

people have to understand that these draft reviews are taking before they were big time

[@lukassherrard4044]

Dude was 290-295 at the combine, don't understand how much heavier he needed to be to play DE from the 5 technique

[@Shinobi33]

So in other words "too white" to play in the NFL

[@rosrebel]

True ..how do scouts remain employed ..and are they really needed with all the technology available ....and of course the colour thing ....scouts look at the colour of your skin ....and if your white ..,your athletic ability has to be dam good .......unfortunately that’s how far we’ve come ......

[@ws9068]

scouts always get stuff wrong

[@tamorajr3773]

If your bull rush knocks dudes back/over, why add to you repertoire? If it ain't broke, dont fix it.

[@jasonwark8366]

When it comes to JJ Watt this is my hope. That injuries don't take him from us or effect his level of play. I want to see him, and every great player, not be taken from us prematurely.

[@imjustsaiyan58]

“Won’t ever be a stud pass rusher” I would be like Peter Parker’s boss with all the times I’d say “you’re fired”

[@edwoll]

There are You Tube fast food reviewers that have more subscribers than Dan Patrick has. Why?

[@THEFITNESS411]

Whoops these scouts should find another job. 🏈😂

[@godbez664]

What were they looking at LMAO. He needs to put on more weight then the he will never be a stud pass rusher like what the hell were those scouts looking at

[@nickir6724]

CONGRATS to this handsome fellow on his 3rd defensive award! So Worthy of it! Knowing this before winning the DPOY award was not a good idea. I know that is who the last part of his speech was directed at ..."screw all the guys who doubted me". He had such a great speech going up till then. I am a JJ fan. I think he is awesome on and off the field...but I Wish he woulda just borrowed a line from Toby Keith "for all the doubters, how do you like me now?"

[@jamesmills3400]

Nicki R isn't that the same sentiment just spoken in a different vernacular? And how you like me now was lifted off BIG DADDY KANE 💯

[@DocGorilla]

that scouting report was before he juiced up and doubled his size

[@mamster233]

The scouts were correct because he never won a championship.

[@Slownut]

Can i bring the guy who wrote this out? JJ: "No im sure he has a family and i dint want his children to grow up without a father so no dont"

[@ryanslauderdale]

Tom Melton’s draft profile of J.J. Watt said, “He won’t ever be a stud pass rusher.” I wanted to find out for myself, and just happened upon it.

[@estebancarrera5188]

Scouts get so much shit for negative reviews on players but the truth simply is that no one will be able to make a 100% perfect Evaluation of a person it just doesn't happen there will always be that random factor that's called being human no other person can account for or predict what that random percentage of a person will do

[@tonytone4566]

iam a scout for the NFL. I also wrote a negative report on tom Brady that because I write what I see at the time. sometimes players gets positive reports and they become a bust so we just go by what we see at the time from college and at the combine.

[@brettfavreify]

Guess they gotta find something, J.J.

[@mystic6301]

You can tell that last one got under his skin

[@georgetoussaint185]

Another "the scouts got it all wrong" guy

[@TexasRose50]

Well, I'm thankful the Texans got him, faults and all. He will be back as good if not better this coming season. Can't wait!!

[@mksteele99]

Damn, he was legit getting mad. Why would he let an old scouting report affect him so much?

[@flyinlikelions]

They say the same shit about every white player

[@spencerking1309]

this is cool, buts its meaningless, he was drafted in the first round with the 11th pick. this isn't that inspiring.

[@duryl]

"won't ever be a stud pass rusher." whoever wrote that is probably buried somewhere in the Arizona desert.

[@deplorableb.r.4211]

I hope he learns how to play in the NFL.

[@imnolongerascaredofthedark8927]

Said the same thing bout bosa. If you have the hands you'll always have a chance to get to the QB.

[@Tomschueller-j7q]

What do you think of him now Houston?

[@vincentt753]

This is amazing to see how much this really bothers some of them, Aaron Rodgers , Drew Brees and JJ all getting catty

[@JGtheDOG]

basically they were saying he's white

[@meghanbakelovemusic]

He's a hard working man! They have to work hard to find negatives! But JJ Got it Going on!!

[@handsomethanos9072]

he does play high tho. a lot of times he gets blocked pretty well, but the media tries to make more than he is.

[@Mikeplaysdbd]

jj watt is the greatest ed that has ever been or going to be when he first got first got drafted the Houston fans booed off of texans fans booed him but he turned them around and now the texans fans love him

[@ethanjohnson6845]

Man i wish the falcons had him.. then again that would mean we wouldnt have julio.

[@TheShooter1956]

Well they were wrong weren't they!

[@kennethball7727]

"They" got this one wrong. Biggest miscall since Tom Brady

[@eskewroberts7663]

"Will never be a stud pass rusher" is the scout who wrote that fired? he should be

[@amirmartin2990]

*he won't be a stud pass rusher*

[@jerardoguzman3874]

The scouts were all wrong about not being a good defensive end!

[@karieru6844]

Yo these Scouter's are terrible how do they have jobs 😂😂😂

[@irishpanic]

meanwhile in Houston...jj watt is setting records on defense

[@aidan7815]

even though they said all those things now he's a legend to the Texans and my favorite player

[@clashon995]

Words mean nothing.

[@rashardstallworth9240]

So many scouts and couches have no idea what they have in front of them

[@alwilkins5753]

"Wont ever be a stud passrusher." That's just rude. Why would you say that about a kid tryna join the NFL.

[@hippyllamas]

Al Wilkins it's a draft review. They probably expected him to be nothing more then a run stopper

[@geoffadam2094]

It's too bad he's already peaked. He'll never be the same again after back surgery. I'd say he has 3 more years tops...

[@geoffadam2094]

Nick G ask Tony Romo how that worked out for him..

[@geoffadam2094]

Nick G ..I know...but when any injury involving the back occurs, productivity declines. Look at Tiger Woods for an example...he tore his knee at the end of a round and had to play extra holes in a playoff. He has never been the same since. Why? Because he had to redesign his swing and his back became compromised. The same can be said for J.J. in that he will likely favor his back and could begin getting other injuries to his knees and other lower extremity injuries. I hope I'm wrong. I hope J.J. returns as a beast because that is incredible to watch when he's fully healthy. We'll see in 2017...

[@geoffadam2094]

Nick G ..if he comes back better than ever, then I'll be fully convinced he's a cyborg.

[@geoffadam2094]

Nick G He got injured! I guess he needed some recalibrations back at Cyberdyne Systems to get the 2.0 version installed....

[@braydentate8589]

You could say that,but Adrian Peterson tore his ACL and MCL,and came back better than ever,Drew Bree's ruined his arm is what everybody thought,he's insane now,and Peyton Manning had neck surgery and came back better than ever,the thing is all the players are athletes,but you cant say anything right now,because thats what happened to all of the players I listed,people thought they were over with,and then they came back amazingly

[@veenom1979]

That guy got fired

[@JohnSmith-jb8rb]

His brother will have the same things said about him.

[@PerryCuda]

1:26 Contest over. most. obnoxious. laugh. ever.

[@billiamsquilliam5149]

Ignatius have you heard of west coast Chanel?

[@PerryCuda]

billiam squilliam whoa, just googled. That's bad too. Dan Patrick's laugh is so awful because it's annoying AND fake.

[@saintdonjuan2875]

You have to realize he's a completely different player

[@erikhopkins9488]

JJ "who wrote this?" Bill Polian 😲!!!

[@gregmartin1757]

Just goes to show how much the so called experts actually know ! The scouts also said tom brady would never be anything but a backup QB at best .6 super bowls and counting .

[@mystic6301]

That's an unfair assessment. No one knew Tom Brady would've become what he became. He sucked in college and his draft combine was terrible

[@parkerxjr]

lolI saw the Tom Brady reviews . To funny

[@BigJonahJ]

Drew Brees kept his

[@laythtopley9948]

sob x rbe

[@XxXFlyingArmBarXxX]

That ain't right

[@loganwest5770]

I died when they said that he won't be a good pass rusher

[@samgilley3160]

Lol I wonder what this scout is thinking now