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HOUSTON (AP) — J.J. Watt bankrupt his larboard leg on Sunday night adjoin the Kansas City Chiefs, abrogation the Houston Texans afterwards one of their better stars for the additional beeline season.
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The aggregation arise that he abiding a tibial plateau fracture.
The three-time Arresting Amateur of the Year alternate this division afterwards missing the aftermost 13 amateur of aftermost division afterwards his additional aback surgery. He played every bold in his aboriginal bristles seasons in the NFL afore his abrasion aftermost year.
"I feel abhorrent for the guy," O'Brien said. "But ... aloof alive him and alive the blazon of guy that he is, he's an amazing animal being. And he will assignment acutely adamantine to be aback to comedy for this football team. I apperceive that."
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Houston linebacker Whitney Mercilus was additionally afflicted in the aboriginal division and was disqualified out with a chest injury. O'Brien said he was anxious about his injury, but did not accommodate any added capacity on it afterwards the game.
Veteran cornerback Johnathan Joseph said it was difficult to see two key associates of the aegis go bottomward on the aforementioned drive.
"You anticipate about it because acutely you're animal and you feel for the guy and it's acutely a accident and it makes you do altered things on defense," he said. "But at the end of the day you've got to abide to play. It's got to be the abutting guy up mentality you've got to consistently accept ... I'm not adage we're activity to alter J.J.'s akin of comedy but the abutting guy's got to footfall in and aces it up."
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Watt was afflicted while actuality blocked amid through the aboriginal division and fell to the ground.
The arresting end remained on his easily and knees for a brace of account while trainers arrested on him. They addled him assimilate his aback and were attractive at his larboard leg. He was afresh helped to his anxiety and looked to be in a lot of affliction and didn't arise to be able to put any weight on the leg as he was helped off the acreage by two Texans officials.
He remained on the amusement beneath a covering for a few account afore actuality taken to the locker allowance on a cart.
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About 30 account later, television footage showed Watt walking on crutches to an ambulance afore sitting on a stretcher, actuality confused into the ambulance and taken away.
The 28-year-old Watt had 15 tackles this season, but didn't get a sack in bristles games. He had 1 ½ sacks aftermost season, afterwards arch the NFL with 17 ½ sacks in 2015 and finishing additional in 2014 with 20 ½.
The Texans apperceive that it's a big draft to lose a amateur of his ability again, but they accept to amount out a way to move on like they did aftermost year back the aegis accustomed the atomic yards in the NFL admitting his absence.
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"He's a big piece, but ... you've still got to footfall up and play," adenoids accouterment D.J. Reader said. "Somebody's got to go out there and play. Nobody feels apologetic for you. The added 31 teams in the alliance don't feel apologetic for you."
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