J.J. Watt working with no restrictions at Texans OTAs

By Eliot Crist
Posted May 24, 2017 12:58 am EDT • Houston Texans

J.J. Watt said that he is feeling “very, very good” and that he has no restrictions relating to his back injury.
Watt played just 167 snaps last season, missing 13 weeks of the season due to a back injury.
In the PFF era Watt has earned the three highest single-season grades ever given out to an interior defender, with 2013 being his best as he earned a 98.8 grade.
In his last healthy season, he led all 3-4 defensive ends with a 12.2 pass-rush productivity score, and the 90-total pressures he tallied were 12 more than the next closest defender.
In the PFF era no qualifying 3-4 defensive end has ever had a higher run-stop percentage than Watt did in 2012. He finished with a 17.1 percent run-stop percentage, while his 52 run stops were the most among any lineman in the NFL that year.

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