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Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and other NFL legends among those who congratulate J.J. Watt for his legendary NFL career in 10-minute-long tribute video

Defensive end J.J. Watt will take the field at Levi's Stadium on Sunday afternoon as the Arizona Cardinals face the San Francisco 49ers in the final game of the 2022 NFL season. It will be his last game ever as he announced just two weeks ago that he would be retiring at the conclusion of the season.

The All-Pro defensive end, who will no doubt be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has forever left his mark on the game. Fox's Peter Shrager reported on Sunday morning that Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury played a special video for the defensive end and his team on Saturday evening.

The video was filled with congratulations from some of the biggest names in the NFL including Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, who all reportedly had a special message for the defensive end. Watt's youngest brother T.J., the linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, apparently had quite an emotional message for his oldest brother.

"Yesterday, the Cardinals came in for their team meeting before their game against the 49ers, and Kliff Kingsbury basically said everybody get together, shut down the lights and played a ten minute video for J.J. Watt. And in that video, Peyton Manning had a message, Tom Brady had a message, Aaron Rodgers had a message and T.J. Watt, his brother, had a very emotional message. It blew everyone away."
The #Rams and Sean McVay are openly talking about his return for the 2023 season. Kliff Kingsbury surprised #Cardinals J.J. Watt with a congratulatory retirement video as he plays in his last game today.

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Derek and T.J. Watt wear older brother J.J.'s jersey before Sunday's Week 18 season finale

The Pittsburgh Steelers are in a must-win situation on Sunday in a home-game matchup against the Cleveland Browns. While the Steelers will need some help from the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills to claim the last AFC Wild Card spot, all eyes are on a victory over their AFC North rival.

While entering Acrisure Stadium on Sunday morning, fullback Derek Watt and his younger brother, linebacker T.J., paid tribute to their older brother J.J. as he takes the field for the last time on Sunday afternoon.

"Man oh man, I wasn’t ready for this this morning. Genuinely could not ask for two better brothers. This means the world to me."
Man oh man, I wasn’t ready for this this morning.

Genuinely could not ask for two better brothers.

This means the world to me.

🙏🏼 twitter.com/steelers/statu…

Both Derek and T.J. wore J.J.'s #99 Arizona Cardinals jersey as they entered the stadium. J.J. reposted the picture to his Twitter account. About the surprise gesture, he said he couldn't have asked for two better brothers. He added that what they did meant the world to him.

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