JJ Watt has earned five All-Pro teams and over $100 million during his NFL career thanks to his ability to handle — and often dominate — offensive lines. On Saturday, however, the Arizona Cardinals defensive end found something he can’t handle: a snake.
In a tweet that day, Watt asked his fellow Arizonans for advice on how to handle a snake he found in his bathroom.
A few hours later, Watt posted a video on Twitter in which he detailed how he escaped the snake. Or, as Watt quickly admitted, how the person he called for help got the job done. Take a look:
Watt, a Wisconsin native who played his college ball for the Badgers, admitted he has little experience with snakes — and certainly not venomous rattlesnakes. The person who came to Watt’s house did just that, and he quickly made Watt “feel like an underdog.”
“I call this guy, and he comes out to the house, takes a look at it and just picks it up with his bare hands,” Watt said. “And he says, ‘Ah, that’s not a rattlesnake. It’s a long-nosed snake — perfectly harmless. And then he left. So if you ever want to feel like a weirdo, this is one way to do it.”
While Watt may not be the toughest around snakes, he sure was in net last year for Arizona. The former Houston Texans star helped the Cardinals open the regular season with a perfect 7-0 record before missing the rest of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery. Arizona limped to an 11-6 record the rest of the way and ended up taking an embarrassing 34-11 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the wild card round.
If the Cardinals hope to take the next step in 2022, they’ll likely need a healthy Watt — so, for their sake, thankfully the snake Watt ran into wasn’t as much of a threat as he first thought.
