JJ Watt explains frustrations of playing against Tom Brady, Bill Belichick: 'Two of the best to ever do it'

Former Houston Texans antiaircraft extremity J.J. Watt was a subordinate that astir successful the NFL dreaded lining up crossed from. But determination was a duo that managed to frustrate Watts adjacent connected his champion day: Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. 

During the week’s occurrence of the "Let’s Go! Podcast" with legendary sportscaster Jim Gray, Watt got the accidental to archer the erstwhile New England Patriots manager personally precisely however helium felt playing against 1 of the champion dynasties successful the league. 

Houston Texans antiaircraft extremity J.J. Watt (99) and New England Patriots backmost Tom Brady (12) shingle hands aft the crippled betwixt the New England Patriots and Houston Texans connected December 1, 2019 astatine NRG Stadium successful Houston, TX. (Daniel Dunn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"It's truly frustrating, particularly erstwhile you're going against a caput similar manager [Belichick] and a backmost similar Tom due to the fact that you tin bash immoderate you privation connected our broadside — we'll effort and disguise things each week long," Watt said. 

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"We're like, 'All right, we're gonna propulsion them this two-high and past rotate down to a single-high look.' You bash it and you deliberation you're brilliant. It's similar that small kid who thinks they're fooling their parents and past astatine the past 2nd their parents are like, 'No, I cognize precisely what you're doing.'"

Watt said careless of however bully his pass-rush was, Brady was conscionable excessively accelerated to beat. 

"Tom conscionable comes up, helium makes a check, helium knows precisely wherever helium wants to spell to the shot and past fires it implicit there. And each you did each week is for nothing. And it's frustrating and it's truthful annoying, and past from my position arsenic the antiaircraft end, manager throws a spot my way, truthful I've gotta bushed the tackle, I've gotta bushed the chip. Lucky for me, I hap to bushed them some connected 1 play and conjecture what? Oh, Tom threw the shot successful 1.7 seconds, truthful I couldn't get determination anyway. So, I had my champion pass-rush of the time and it was each for naught, and that is the astir frustrating portion of all. And that's what they did truthful well, is they conscionable ever knew however to negate the champion subordinate connected the defense."

New England Patriots backmost Tom Brady passes nether unit from Houston Texans J.J. Watt during the archetypal 4th astatine Reliant Stadium connected Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. (Jessica Rinaldi for The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Watt went connected to compliment Belichick and Brady arsenic "two of the champion to ever bash it," and helium lone had 1 ailment to adhd astir their clip spent playing against 1 different during his 12-year-long career. 

"I lone privation I could accidental I bushed them a small more." 

Watts spent the bulk of his vocation with the Texans. During that time, the Patriots went 6-2 against the Texans with Houston winning their last 2 matchups. 

Tom Brady #12 talks to caput manager Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots earlier a crippled against the Dallas Cowboys astatine Gillette Stadium connected November 24, 2019 successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

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But the vexation appeared to beryllium mutual. Belichick said helium had to crippled program connected each play with a subordinate similar Watt. 

"When you’re up for a Hall of Fame, you’ve got my vote." 

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