NFL: JJ Watt very close to signing with Cleveland Browns

Everything seems to indicate that the defensive end will take less time than expected J.J. Watt in finding a team for the 2021 season of the National Football League (NFL), after last Friday, February 12, Houston Texans will communicate his departure after a decade.

Is that according to the journalist Mary Kay Cabot, from the portal Cleveland.com, which reports the sports news of the state of Ohio, the player is considering “very seriously” the offer made by Cleveland Browns to play in that institution the next contest.

The franchise has important salary space to dare to negotiate with Watt, today a coveted free agent, who has made no secret of his idea of ​​putting himself under the command of Kevin Stefanski, winner of the NFL Coach of the Year award, and who led the Browns to the playoffs for the first time in two decades.

¿J.J. Watt a Cleveland Browns?

Although the information does not provide exact deadlines regarding when the defensive end will have to make a decision for next season, from their surroundings they affirm that the next two weeks will be key to define your next career destination.

However, the Browns will have to face tough competitors within the NFL who will fight for the signing of Watt, such as Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, and the latest equipment to be interested, such as Green Bay Packers.

During his 10-year career with the Texans, the defensive end became the franchise’s all-time sack leader (at 101.0), and one of only three players in history to have won the Defensive Player of the Season award three times.

– .