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JJ Watt is thinking about re-joining the Texans for a playoff push?

My point is that Watt would only possibly be signed in order to replace an injured DE. Does anyone think he’s going to replace one of our healthy interior DL? If so why isn’t he signed yesterday? Why waste time? He’s not going to come in running top speed and in flow with our defense once the season has started.
 
Dejaview said:
Go ahead everyone and hope for a watt return in grand glory. Now tell me would you rather have him fill in for WAJ or Hunter?
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Neither of those options, you have all three on the field at the same time....hell they could all be standing and out of their stances and an Oline would have no clue as to whats about to happen...but to answer fairly you keep the best DISCIPLINED pass rushers on the outside and the other falls inside to DT by default. Now you have three dominant pass rushers coming at you from all three directions
 
sprtsfanatic said:
Neither of those options, you have all three on the field at the same time....hell they could all be standing and out of their stances and an Oline would have no clue as to whats about to happen...but to answer fairly you keep the best DISCIPLINED pass rushers on the outside and the other falls inside to DT by default. Now you have three dominant pass rushers coming at you from all three directions
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So why isn’t he signed now? Seems to me he is an injury bandaid. I’ve got no problem with yours or others scenarios. Sounds great…..But? Maybe it’s a matter of waiting to see who’s left standing at the end of TC? But I thought the Texans were “ all in”.
 
Dejaview said:
So why isn’t he signed now? Seems to me he is an injury bandaid. I’ve got no problem with yours or others scenarios. Sounds great…..But? Maybe it’s a matter of waiting to see who’s left standing at the end of TC? But I thought the Texans were “ all in”.
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It doesn't matter if the Texans were dealing with injuries right now.. Watt was never expected to sign this early, by anyone. If he comes back, he's coming back for a deep playoff run.. Not training camp and and a 17 week schedule.

And the Texans are "all in".. great players get to play by different rules though. Ask Jimmy Johnson. There's a reason why no Texans coach ever bitches about Tunsil riding his bike through OTAs/training camp every off-season either.
 
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Carr Bombed said:
It doesn't matter if the Texans were dealing with injuries right now.. Watt was never expected to sign this early, by anyone. If he comes back, he's coming back for a deep playoff run.. Not training camp and and a 17 week schedule.

And the Texans are "all in".. great players get to play by different rules though. Ask Jimmy Johnson. There's a reason why no Texans coach ever bitches about Tunsil riding his bike through OTAs/training camp every off-season either.
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Im glad at least someone else gets it. Great answer and reply Carr Bombed.
 
Carr Bombed said:
It doesn't matter if the Texans were dealing with injuries right now.. Watt was never expected to sign this early, by anyone. If he comes back, he's coming back for a deep playoff run.. Not training camp and and a 17 week schedule.

And the Texans are "all in".. great players get to play by different rules though. Ask Jimmy Johnson. There's a reason why no Texans coach ever bitches about Tunsil riding his bike through OTAs/training camp every off-season either.
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I get all this. Even said I have no problem with other scenarios. JJ for a playoff run is not new news. But I’d rather get to the playoffs first AND with a good seed and with JJ up to speed. That means more than bringing him in for a couple of games IF we make the playoffs. There will be instances in every season game where he could make a difference that might make or preserve a win. The road to the playoffs is one game at a time within a tough schedule. Just my opinion… but if Hunter or Anderson go down do you still think the Texans are just going to wait until they make the playoffs to bring him back?
 
Carr Bombed said:
He just turned 35 after taking a year break.. That's not too old for a all-time great DE, who most likely will be asked to be a rotation piece. Especially for a player who had 12.5 sacks the last time he played.
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I get this and doubt Watt's body will holdup.

Fans wanting AJ to comeback for a SB? LMAO
 
I’ll be watching ( if they aren’t blacked out in SA) preseason games to get a feel for our DL depth. A lot of these guys are new to the team and system. Watt could be inconsequential. Overall I’m more worried at our depth at LB and RB.
 
Dejaview said:
I’ll be watching ( if they aren’t blacked out in SA) preseason games to get a feel for our DL depth. A lot of these guys are new to the team and system. Watt could be inconsequential. Overall I’m more worried at our depth at LB and RB.
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as long as Harris and Al-Shazir are healthy Im not going to worry about the LB's....even if the choo choo train too to too is the 3rd LB he played well enough to still have a top 10 LB corps.
 
badboy said:
A one game contract for AJ if we make it to the Super Bowl.
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Well, Johnson messed that up by accepting a place in the Hall of fame! Dad gum him! I guess a player could sign a contract with the NFL after that? If anyone could it would be AJ!
 
doesnt say anything specifically...its a video of Watt going against the falcons and Bruce Mathews kid at RT...shows just how good JJ was...had it all...speed, power, length, and repetoire of rushing moves
 
sprtsfanatic said:
doesnt say anything specifically...its a video of Watt going against the falcons and Bruce Mathews kid at RT...shows just how good JJ was...had it all...speed, power, length, and repetoire of rushing moves
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Ah, I remember that clip from back in the day (if it's JJ getting to the QB bag in practice against his son.) I think I remember Bruce Matthews telling every one how "long" JJ Watt was, and asked his kid to try and get his hand/arm into the front of JJ's outside armpit.
 
cland said:
Ah, I remember that clip from back in the day (if it's JJ getting to the QB bag in practice against his son.) I think I remember Bruce Matthews telling every one how "long" JJ Watt was, and asked his kid to try and get his hand/arm into the front of JJ's outside armpit.
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thats the one, good memory!
 
Lucky said:
I got it to work on my computer. Didn't work on the cell.
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Yea, it's a video of a portion of the Falcons/Texans joint practice, I believe in 2014 camp. Has JJ mauling young Jake Matthews, then playing RT. Falcons OL coach Mike Tice was making comments.

Watching that video make me think about who were the most physical pass rushing DEs I've seen (going back to the late 70s). Reggie White is clearly #1. I've seen him take a 300 lb OT and throw him 10 ft with one arm. Crazy stuff like that. Leroy Selmon had crazy strength. Get up under a OTs pads and drive him to QB before the 7th step. The Eagles Clyde Simmons had real power. Myles Garrett may be the best example today of a power rusher from the edge. But I would put JJ right behind Reggie as the best power rusher from the edge. And JJ could also get there with speed and moves.
 
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Lucky said:
Yea, it's a video of a portion of the Falcons/Texans joint practice, I believe in 2014 camp. Has JJ mauling young Jake Matthews, then playing RT. Falcons OL coach Mike Tice was making comments.

Watching that video make me think about who were the most physical pass rushing DEs I've seen (going back to the late 70s). Reggie White is clearly #1. I've seen him take a 300 lb OT and throw him 10 ft with one arm. Crazy stuff like that. Leroy Selmon had crazy strength. Get up under a OTs pads and drive him to QB before the 7th step. The Eagles Clyde Simmons had real power. Myles Garrett may be the best example today of a power rusher from the edge. But I would put JJ right behind Reggie as the best power rusher from the edge. And JJ could also get there with speed and moves.
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Would be nice to have access to film/tape like this to make it so much easier breaking down then separating talent for draft boards. I could see the explosive speed and relentless motor but the length and hand use was elite, that really separated him from his peers like Cameron Jordan. What a prospect, hall of fame player and even better person 🙏
 
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