JJ Watt Has Back Surgery, Sidelined 6-10 Weeks, May Miss Start of Regular Season
By Jason McIntyre
JJ Watt, the best defensive player in the NFL, may miss the start of the regular season due to back surgery. Watt had back surgery recently – sometime after the ESPY’s – and he’ll miss at least eight weeks, and possibly 10.
On JJ Watt’s back surgery: I’m told the recovery time is 6-8 weeks & it happened very recently. Puts him right up against the start of 2016
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 22, 2016
While recovering time is 6-8 weeks, that may be optimistic.
On JJ Watt, texted with a source informed of his prognosis who pumped the brakes on early optimism. Cautioned it could take up to 10 weeks.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) July 22, 2016
This is potentially a devastating blow to the Texans, who had a tremendous offseason, finally finding a QB (Brock Osweiler), adding a Top 12 running back (Lamar Miller) and drafting a plug-and-play receiver (Will Fuller). The Texans won the lowly AFC South last season, but that was with Andrew Luck sidelined.
Here’s how the Texans open the 2016 season:
vs Chicago
vs Kansas City
at New England (Thursday, no Tom Brady)
vs Tennessee
Jadeveon Clowney, here’s your chance to have that long-awaited NFL impact.