The Rush: JJ Watt signs with Arizona, puts Peloton rumors to rest
When an alleged JJ Watt Peloton bio gave rise to rumors about where the 3-time DPOY would land, Watt himself had to take to social media to finally announce his new team. Plus, a Nike executive resigns after her son cashes in on sneaker flipping and Jared takes us through some athletes who actually should have stuck to sports.
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JJ WATT: [SCREAMING]
JARED QUAY: JJ Watt is signing with the Arizona Cardinals, putting to bed the crazy conspiracy theory that the three-time Defensive Player of the Year owns a Peloton. That's right, a bike owner's bio made its way around Twitter, giving rise to the rumor he would sign with Green Bay, Cleveland, or Buffalo. Watt later squashed that speculation, posting a pic of him squatting with a Cardinals' shirt on and also tweeting that he doesn't even own a bike.
JJ WATT: OK, OK.
JARED QUAY: Let me say this, of course he doesn't own a Peloton bike. I mean, my man is 6' 5" and 290 pounds. I'd feel sorry for the bike. Have you ever seen the Tour de France? JJ Watt would dip those guys in ranch and eat them like celery.
- Ranch it up.
JARED QUAY: My man is tossing around 45-pound plates like they're Chips Ahoy. And while we're at it, the top three Peloton instructors are Toussaint, Tunde, and Love. And it ain't even close. Don't debate me. If you try to debate me, you're wrong.
Having a dope sneaker game is all about having a plug. And one guy had the best plug of them all. Nike vice president, Ann Hebert, had to resign abruptly after the company found out that her son used her credit card to buy over $100,000 worth of sneakers and sell them for a profit.
- He's straight up about profit.
JARED QUAY: Using a few friends and some computer bots, her son would buy as many sneakers as possible on drop day and then quickly resell them. According to Bloomberg, he made $600,000 last May. I mean, at that kind of rate, he going have to hire Ann.
Hey, mom, you want a job? He claims he never got discount codes or insider information from his mom. But he's definitely getting sent to bed early without dinner all because of a few pairs of Yeezys.
- Totally worth it.
JARED QUAY: The guy who wrote the song, "Mo Bamba," might actually get to play against him in the NBA. Sheck Wes signed a hoops contract with Paris Basketball League in France's B League. The rapper turned hooper got me thinking about all the failed athlete musicians. Yo, here's my top three of all-time. And, remember, the internet never forgets.
My man, Manny Pacquiao, spitting that straight fire. Oh, ho.
[MUSIC - MANNY PACQUIAO, "SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH"]
I want to hold you till I die.
Clint Dempsey, look, soccer is not and will never be hard.
[MUSIC - CLINT DEMPSEY, "DON'T TREAD"]
Over your heads. Southside, we fed. This is life and I'm grinding until I'm dead.
And Deion Sanders proving that absolutely nothing cool came out of the 1990s.
[MUSIC - DEION SANDERS, "MUST BE THE MONEY"]
I got two pairs for every day of the week.
Yeah, I don't know. Actually, Cole Beasley, now, Cole Beasley got bars.
COLE BEASLEY: [RAPPING] My flow is pure gold. It's Cole back on the mic flowing. Suck the life up out of a beat.
JARED QUAY: Hey, Cole Beasley and Dame are probably the two best. Like they could actually cross over. Everybody else, you need to stick to sports. And Shaq, I like Shaq, not because he's a rapper, I just like him because he's big. You ain't never seen nobody rapping that big.