{"id":426214,"date":"2023-06-04T19:29:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T19:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=426214"},"modified":"2023-06-04T19:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T19:29:25","slug":"hall-of-fame-j-j-watt-lashes-out-at-the-press-for-criticising-rookie-will-levis-after-his-first-day-at-ota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/hall-of-fame-j-j-watt-lashes-out-at-the-press-for-criticising-rookie-will-levis-after-his-first-day-at-ota\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall Of Fame J.J. Watt\u00a0Lashes Out At The Press\u00a0For Criticising Rookie Will Levis After His First Day At OTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JJ Watt defended Titans quarterback Will Levis and the internet sensational videos.<\/p>\n<h2>Hall Of Fame J.J. Watt\u00a0Lashes Out At The Press\u00a0For Criticising Rookie Will Levis After His First Day At OTA<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseetitans.com\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> recently made headlines after it was revealed that rookie quarterback Will Levis had a difficult first day. It caused considerable worry among the fan base. JJ Watt, a future Hall of Famer, was also drawn to it.<\/p>\n<p>Since his exclusion from the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft in April, when cameras closely documented his wait in the green room throughout the event, Levis has faced a lot of additional scrutiny.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Levis hit him in the hands \ud83d\udc80<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bTp09pxRKc\">pic.twitter.com\/bTp09pxRKc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; =\u035f\u035f\u035eBlande (@JustBlande) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustBlande\/status\/1663993079576272896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In late May, a day after Levis&#8217; Titans difficulties became a hot topic in the country, J.J. Watt spoke out against the unjust scrutiny rookies endure, even during OTAs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Rookie has rough practice in his first week of OTAs.\u2019 Yeah, that\u2019s called being a rookie. It\u2019s called first week of OTAs,\u201d Watt said Thursday in a video posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/NTolliver1987\/status\/1664693517183078402?s=20<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had rough practices every single year in my 12 years. I\u2019ve had rough games. I\u2019ve had multiple rough games. S\u2013t\u2019s hard. It\u2019s the National Football League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Watt did not mention Levis by name, the timing of the post would indicate that it was the cause of his annoyance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holy shit\u2026\u2026..this was Will Levis??<\/p>\n<p>My quarterback Will Levis!?!?<\/p>\n<p>This realization rocked my world today \ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3otf0qX1mB\">pic.twitter.com\/3otf0qX1mB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sal From Jerrrssseeeyyy (@salmanfredi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/salmanfredi\/status\/1662453344474988547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I have more opportunities tomorrow and the next day, so I\u2019m not going to beat myself up,\u201d Levis said afterward, according to ESPN.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh standards is the name of the game. It\u2019s not to beat yourself up. It\u2019s to motivate you to go out there and perform to the best of your ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JJ Watt didn&#39;t hold back <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/53RUaBNDsD\">https:\/\/t.co\/53RUaBNDsD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BroBible (@BroBible) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroBible\/status\/1665400561531772928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After 12 NFL seasons, Watt, 34, announced his retirement in December. He is reportedly looking for work in television broadcasting now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand, this is a business. We\u2019re paid millions of dollars, and you expect greatness right out of the gate out of every single guy, and you\u2019re going to say, \u2018Suck it up and deal with it.\u2019 But let\u2019s let guys develop,\u201d Watt said Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Titans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Titans<\/a> rookie QB Will Levis had a \u201ctough\u201d day of practice this week at team OTA\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>Levis reportedly struggled with inaccurate passes, made bad decisions by throwing to double coverage, and dropped a snap from the Center.<\/p>\n<p>But Levis said that he won&#39;t &quot;beat himself up&quot;\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BCMiISUjeg\">pic.twitter.com\/BCMiISUjeg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1664393433841016833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, Watt is correct. Putting this immense pressure on the rookie and judge him by first OTA practice is not fair! This leads to further demoralisation! It&#8217;s business but it has to be fair!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fans Lined Up For Hours To Meet The Iowa Basketball Star Caitlin Clark\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/fans-lined-up-for-hours-to-meet-the-iowa-basketball-star-caitlin-clark\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fans Lined Up For Hours To Meet The Iowa Basketball Star Caitlin Clark<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JJ Watt defended Titans quarterback Will Levis and the internet sensational videos. Hall Of Fame J.J. Watt\u00a0Lashes Out At The Press\u00a0For Criticising Rookie Will Levis After His First Day At OTA The Tennessee Titans recently made headlines after it was revealed that rookie quarterback Will Levis had a difficult first day. It caused considerable worry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":422336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[3826,9059,2211,6328],"class_list":["post-426214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-j-j-watt","tag-j-j-watt-will-levis","tag-nfl-news","tag-will-levis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}