{"id":21353,"date":"2022-07-21T15:25:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jj-watt-offers-to-pay-for-funeral-so-fan-can-keep-his-jersey-shoes-2\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:25:42","slug":"jj-watt-offers-to-pay-for-funeral-so-fan-can-keep-his-jersey-shoes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jj-watt-offers-to-pay-for-funeral-so-fan-can-keep-his-jersey-shoes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Watt offers to pay for funeral so fan can keep his jersey, shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">An NFL fan took to Twitter to sell some JJ Watt merchandise only to be answered by the Arizona Cardinals player himself. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to the tweet, Jennifer Simpson was selling a pair of Watt shoes and a jersey to raise money for her grandfather&#8217;s funeral.  She tagged Watt&#8217;s Twitter account with photos of the items for sale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Watt responded by telling her to keep her items because he would help with the funeral costs. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_tw\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadTwitter\" data-v-id=\"1549953347154636800\" aria-label=\"Twitter Embed\" style=\"min-height:225px\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to the user&#8217;s profile, she is a Texans and Astros fan, who before her interaction with Watt had just 70 followers.  She responded to Watt&#8217;s retweet with an expression of gratitude. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">More:<\/strong>Arizona Cardinals training camp information: What to know before going to State Farm Stadium<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">More:<\/strong>McManaman: 4 things I want to see when Cardinals open camp, starting Thursday with rookies<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_cp\" aria-label=\"Top Headlines from Sports\" data-c-cta=\"DIG DEEPER\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_cp_tw\"><svg class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_rightArrow\"\/><\/svg>Phoenix Suns trade live updates: Speculation, rumors if team misses out on Kevin Durant <svg class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_rightArrow\"\/><\/svg>Are Pac-12 schools ASU, Arizona a package deal in college conference realignment? <svg class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_rightArrow\"\/><\/svg>Deandre Ayton says relationship with Monty Williams is &#8216;calm&#8217; in first interview since Game 7 verbal spat <svg class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_rightArrow\"\/><\/svg>Former Diamondbacks player a lock to win NL Most Valuable Player award in 2022? <svg class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_rightArrow\"\/><\/svg>Summer transition: Why Arizona high school basketball players are moving to prep academies<\/div>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/07\/PPHX\/163a4c4b-4554-4a25-b54f-45e4e13403fb-uscp-7kvvkxemgfq12cg571rk2_original.jpg?crop=2831,2124,x0,y0&amp;width=258&amp;height=193&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/07\/PPHX\/163a4c4b-4554-4a25-b54f-45e4e13403fb-uscp-7kvvkxemgfq12cg571rk2_original.jpg?crop=2831,2124,x0,y0&amp;width=516&amp;height=386&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Reach the reporter at emily.horos@azcentral.com or 602-444-2426.  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She tagged Watt&#8217;s Twitter account with photos of the items &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jj-watt-offers-to-pay-for-funeral-so-fan-can-keep-his-jersey-shoes-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">JJ Watt offers to pay for funeral so fan can keep his jersey, shoes<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21319,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jj-watt-offers-to-pay-for-funeral-so-fan-can-keep-his-jersey-shoes\/","url_meta":{"origin":21353,"position":0},"title":"JJ Watt offers to pay for funeral so fan can keep his jersey, shoes","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"An NFL fan took to Twitter to sell some JJ Watt merchandise only to be answered by the Arizona Cardinals player himself. 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