Texans' J.J. Watt believes he can return to form

Houston Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt told NBC Sport's Peter King he believes he can return to his Defensive Player of the Year form.

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Watt won his 3rd Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2015 but has missed 24 of 32 games in the two seasons since due to injuries. "I don’t expect anybody outside to have any reason to believe that. The last two years were two very bad years," Watt said. "I’m not going to stand here and pretend like I can tell you exactly what’s going to happen in the season or how it’s going to go. But I feel very good with where I’m at right now." Watt turned 29 in March.

numberFire's models currently project Watt to record 36.4 tackles and 3.6 sacks for the Texans this season.