New year, same style. The regular season is nearly over, but NFL players are still strutting their stuff in the pregame tunnel.

Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt, who announced this week that he will retire at the end of the season, used his pregame footwear to take us all back to where it all began for the future Pro Football Hall of Famer. Watt was born and raised in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, and walked on with the Wisconsin Badgers before becoming a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

Here are the best fits from NFL Week 17.