JJ Watt shares failure with Tom Brady
Burnley became the second team of the Premier League 2023/24 season they will be relegated as they join Sheffield United in the EFL Championship, but an NFL legend was in the audience. Are NFL stars a bad omen for English football clubs?
Goals from Pedro Porro and Micky van de Ven condemned Burnley to return to the league they won a year ago, after Jacob Bruun Larsen had given the clarets an early lead and an early lifeline.
This means that the Lancashire-based club, managed by Vicente Kompany, I can't mathematically catch Nottingham Forest in 17th place even though they have an extra game left in the season against Forest.
Watt, who was a defensive end for the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals and is a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, was watching the game and live-tweeting as he watched the action unfold before his eyes.
“GO BURNLEY!!!” Watt posted on X.com, formerly Twitter, looking at the club he owns. But things did not go as expected and the team realized their fate when the final whistle sounded. Watt, However, he called on the players to feel the moment.
“You don't need to hide disappointment or frustration, it should hurt.” Watt added on the platform owned by Elon Musk. “The boys put in a brave race over the last few months, but in the end it wasn't enough.
“Now we return to the Championship. We seek to relive these brilliant memories from a year ago. Let's go together. Up The Clarets!”
Watt gives Brady deja vu
Watt isn't the only NFL legend to see his team fall victim to the fall. Tom Brady saw his Birmingham City team suffer relegation to the third tier, EFL League One.
Birmingham had achieved an impressive victory to defeat high-flying Norwich City. Despite doing everything they could, they will continue to fall because other results were not what they expected.
Blackburn Rovers beat title-winning Leicester City, while Plymouth Argyle also beat Hull City, making it impossible for the seven-time NFL champions' team to stay on top.
