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J.J. Watt bought himself a log cabin in the ‘middle of nowhere’ Wisconsin

“It’s just an empty space and a log cabin and snow.”

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Houston Texans star defender J.J. Watt has rewarded himself for his potential MVP season with a log cabin. Not just any log cabin though, it's a log cabin in the "middle of nowhere" Wisconsin.

“It’s really minimalistic,” Watt said. “The only thing I have to focus on is training and that’s the way I like it. There’s no frills, there’s nothing to distract you up here.”

Sounds nice ... I guess.

“It’s just an empty space and a log cabin and snow.”

The cabin also features a barn, that will become a training gym.

To each their own, I suppose, but that does not sound like a place I’d want to spend time. Then again, I’m not a professional football player who is constantly under the media spotlight.

Best of luck J.J. and hopefully his cabin in the woods story will turn out better than ‘Cabin in the Woods’ ... which was a great movie by the way.

(h/t Houston Chronicle)

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