J.J. Watt not quite roughing it in log cabin like we imagined

We admit that when we heard Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt was training in a log cabin "in the middle of nowhere" this offseason to train for next season, we got excited.

We thought of Rocky IV in Siberia.

We pictured him wrestling elk just for folly.

Living off nothing but raw deer meat and tundra salads.

Visions of barren wasteland danced in our heads.

Frankly, we got ahead of ourselves.

Oh, Watt is living in a log cabin all right. We've seen the pictures (posted on Busted Coverage, via Redfin) and it's a house that's definitely made of logs. But if you're picturing something in the hinterlands with no access to driveable roads, you've let this thing snowball in your brain.

Instead, he's training in a house with framed Brett Favre jerseys and NASCAR doormats, close to a Whole Foods in some tony-looking suburb. Let's put it this way: Watt could go throw out the first pitch at a Milwaukee Brewers game, leave Miller Park and be back at Watt Cabin before the bottom of the third inning.

We feel a bit duped.

But maybe this was a bit of a brilliant stroke by Watt. Think about it ...

First off, the dude gets to live in a pretty baller bachelor pad all summer with no cares in the world outside of clean and jerks. But second, maybe this is a little trick on the media — as in, don't believe everything I say. Yes, the myth of Watt has become a bit folk-lorish, and perhaps Watt wanted to tell a little yarn to poke fun at the whole situation.

If so, well done, J.J.

If not, well, heck ... you think he's worried about our opinion after signing a $100 million extension and living in a log-framed retreat all summer? Guessing not.

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