J.J. Watt has exploded onto the national stage in such a huge way that his defensive teammates on the Houston Texans wanted to deflect attention away from him.
“It was a big fun joke where everybody was messing with J.J.,” defensive end Antonio Smith said. “Connor, Cush, me, Cody. Just basically Brooks, the whole defense was like man, we all gotta get on the highlight film. The whole highlight film is J.J.
“So they called it operation keep J.J. off the highlight film by making plays too.”
Watt had two sacks and a fumble recovery, but the Texans also scored two defensive touchdowns.
“Yeah, it did,” Smith said. “It worked out perfectly. J.J. still did his thing and everybody else is on the highlight film, too. It didn’t work the way they thought it was going to work, but it worked in a good way to where everybody was making plays. That’s the best way for it to be.”