JJ Watt Gives Rog a Tour of Burnley: Men in Blazers 12/30/24

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Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football, Soccer, Mib

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On the latest episode of the Men in Blazers podcast, Rog is joined by NFL icon and Burnley owner JJ Watt to relive the trip the two took together to watch Burnley FC down Portsmouth at the hallowed Turf Moor earlier this year. Then, JJ breaks down the learnings he took away from Burnley's year in the Premier League last season, the differences between coaching changes in English football versus the NFL, and who the NFL equivalents of today's Premier League stars are. All of this and more on the latest Men in Blazers...

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0:31.5	So in the NFL, if today you brought in a coach that wasn't in their organization right now,
0:35.9	it'd be physically impossible for him to get a game together by Sunday
0:39.2	because the playbook would be different.
0:41.9	The terminology would be different.
0:44.0	He would not be able to get his guys on the same page,
0:46.5	whereas if Manu United brings in a manager on Wednesday,
0:50.8	he can manage that team on Sunday.
0:53.2	It's crazy.
1:00.0	Thank you. Wednesday, he can manage that team on Sunday. It's crazy. My guest today is a repeat guest who has been on this show. I've got to check my figures,
1:06.5	I think 87 times so far, but he reaches the highlight of my year.
1:12.6	You no doubt know him as that third grade soccer legend in Pee Warky, Wisconsin.
1:18.8	Less than knowing is that he went on to win the NFL defensive player of the year three times in a 12-year career with the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals, 114 and a half sacks.
1:31.6	A record only equaled by Jose Marino. Think about it. Others too know him as the husband of NWSL
1:38.9	and US women's national team striker K Leia Ohai Watt. He's a gent who's passion for football. Honestly,
1:47.0	has been one of the joys of my own broadcasting career. He first came on our show as a soccer
1:52.6	curious NFL star, went down a YouTube wormhole, fell truly madly deeply in love with the game,
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