How many sacks will Texans defensive end J.J. Watt have this weekend? It depends on how many hot dogs the Portillo’s delivery guy can cram in the bag.
“I’m not gonna lie – I looked up where we’re staying in Chicago and there’s a Portillo’s a half-mile away, so it’s going to be pretty dangerous for me,” the Texans star said this week. “I think Lou Malnati’s is another half-a-block.”
Bears offensive coordinator Bill Lazor is more worried about him being dangerous Sunday— Watt, who has five sacks, will move around the defensive line Sunday.
“The players are just, they’re going to have to be pros about it,” Lazor said. “They’re going to have to be smart, they’re going to have to see where he is. If he lines up in a spot that they weren’t quite expecting him, then they’re going to have to find ways to get help to him. … He can wreck a run play or a pass play.”
The 31-year-old still impresses left tackle Charles Leno.
“He’s going to bring it no matter what the situation,” he said. “And I still think he can still bat down balls and get picks because I’ve seen it on tape.”
Watt can talk Chicago. His wife Kealia, who plays for the Red Stars, lives here during the soccer season. Watt grew up in Pewaukee, Wis., and traveled all over the Chicago area — Winnetka, Naperville and Rockford — playing in youth hockey tournaments. He recalled fondly another food experience — munching fast food at the Lake Forest Oasis, a wind-aided punt from Halas Hall.
A lifelong Packers fan, Watt will play at Soldier Field for only the second time in the regular season.
“It is cool to get a chance to play there,” Watt said, listing Mike Ditka and Walter Payton as legends who played at the lakefront.
Proving his Chicago bona fides, he couldn’t let a Soldier Field discussion pass without one comment about the turf.
“I wish they would cut the grass a little shorter,” he said.
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