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J.J. Watt Calls Out Austin Rivers After NBA-NFL Player Swap Comments

J.J. Watt does not have time for Austin Rivers's foolishness. On Tuesday, the ESPN analyst told Pat McAfee that plenty of NBA players could make it in the NFL, but the reverse wasn't true. Watt offered Rivers a tryout to prove it.

While trying to argue the best athletes in the world reside in the NBA, Rivers told McAfee, "I can take 30 players right now in the NBA and throw them in the NFL. You cannot take 30 NFL players and put them in the NFL."

The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year tweeted, "You don't got a job in either right now, go head and try it.