J.J. Watt is keeping busy in retirement, but no, his next gig won’t be at a chain of drugstores. The three-time NFL defensive player of the year had to call an audible after initially telling the world in a Twitter caption that he “just got a job at CVS.”
“I love [football] too much to be away from it entirely,” Watt said in a statement shared Thursday by CBS Sports. He added that he was “very excited” to join “NFL Today” host James Brown and panelists Bill Cowher, Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason and Nate Burleson.“Hopefully fans will enjoy the insights and knowledge I’ve gained over my 12 years in the NFL,” Watt said, “and if we’re lucky, we’ll share a few laughs along the way as well.
At least a few fans presumably got a chuckle out of Watt’s Twitter gaffe. In his follow-up, he told viewers, “Little pro tip for anybody out there starting a new job: Don’t screw up the announcement. It’s not a good way to start your first day on the job, especially if that job is at a global network with millions and millions of viewers, hundreds of Emmys — you just want to start off on a better foot.
Referring to the fact that his two younger siblings, linebacker T.J. Watt and fullback Derek Watt, both play for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Watt said in his tweeted video that he was looking forward to “having a global platform to make fun of my brothers on.”
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