Burnley co-owner JJ Watt follows in Tom Brady’s footsteps with stunning new career
JJ Watt has a new job.
The former three-time Defensive Player of the Year and minority owner of Burnley Football Club is moving to the broadcasting booth.
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CBS Sports has announced that Watt will join Ian Eagle in the booth beginning with the 2025-26 season as a color commentator.
Watt was previously on the pregame and postgame desk for CBS as an analyst, but will now shift roles a bit.
Watt played 12 seasons in the league with the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals, establishing himself as one of the game's best defensive players of his generation.
He has now found a second and third career, as broadcaster and owner of an EFL club.
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Watt follows in NFL legend Tom Brady's footsteps, who signed a ten-year, $375 million contract with Fox Sports to become the network's lead color analyst for NFL games, alongside play-by-play commentator Kevin Burkhardt.
Like Watt, Brady is an investor in English soccer, with a minority stake in Birmingham City.
Brady, controversially, is also a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.
His minority stake with the Raiders has raised questions about what he can and cannot do as a broadcast, when it comes to getting inside information and stories on other teams.
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Watt won't have that problem, as his ownership portfolio only consists of Burnley.
However, his biases may come into play if he calls any Pittsburgh Steelers games this fall.
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That's because his younger brother, T.J., plays for Pittsburgh.
Calling one of his family member's games and not coming off as bias sounds like a tall task.
We'll see how the older Watt handles it, if/when the situation arises.
Luckily for him, he will have one of the profession's greatest broadcaster sitting right next to him in Eagle, who will surely smooth over any bumps that Watt may encounter.
Brady has Kevin Burkhardt.
Watt has Eagle.