Dolphins will take long look at Watt
Wisconsin linebacker, brother of Texans star, is pass-rush specialist.
There’s nothing little about Watt’s little brother.
NFL draft prospect T.J. Watt is a 6-foot-5, pound weapon with a college highlight reel of him wrecking opposing offffffffffffenses. Clip after clip, there’s Watt brushing offff blockers and double teams to deliver big-time tackles. He’s exactly the kind of playmaking linebacker that seems to have eluded the Dolphins for years and he’s on their minds with the draft two months away.
Miami management met with Watt at the Senior Bowl a few weeks ago, and there are plenty of ways this team could use him. He went to Wisconsin projected as a tight end, but switched to defense and made a name for himself at inside and outside linebacker, as well as defensive end. He also played on four special teams units.
“I bring a lot of versatility,” he said. “For me, it’s about being a team player and being committed to the team. I’ll play wherever they need me. Any of those spots, I want to go in there and make a team better.”
At 22, he’s already got a polished public persona and that probably has a lot to do with J.J.’s rise to fame over the past few years. J.J. Watt is a four-time AllPro with 76 career sacks for the Texans, and their other brother is Chargers fullback Derek Watt.
Beyond his NFL siblings, Watt’s been heavily inflfluenced by former Packers linebacker Brady Pop-