I think it'll be very difficult for the Texans to trade JJ .... His cap hit of $17.5m is really prohibitive.
Only 15 teams have the space to absorb that cap hit and lets not forget that those teams would still have to fill out their rosters.
The list of actual contenders among that group of teams .... questionable at best
Consider Tampa as one of those as they have $38,144,114 in cap space but only 30 players under contract.
I didn't check each teams list of FA's .... Just their cap space total.
San Francisco has $19,738,360
Baltimore - $26,945,758
Cleveland - $21,993,158
Miami - $31,668,922
Indy - $69,557,543
I think if he is actually traded , the Texans have to take back players in return , not just a pick.
If I had to make a guess , I'd say he was cut rather than traded.