HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 Houston star defensive end J.J. Watt isn\u2019t worried about people trying to come after him Sunday to take advantage of his broken left hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet them try,\u201d Watt said. \u201cI mean what? The opposing players come after me every week with every type of thing in the book you can think of. So feel free, go ahead come at me. I\u2019ll take advantage of whatever you try to do. It\u2019s my job to get to the quarterback. That\u2019s what I do. You can try and take advantage of whatever you want to take advantage of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watt broke his left hand in practice on Wednesday, but said he\u2019ll play Sunday.<\/p>\n
Watt, who leads the NFL with 13 \u00ac\u03a9 sacks, had a black cast covering his left hand and wrist on Thursday. But both Watt and coach Bill O\u2019Brien said they don\u2019t expect the injury to hamper last year\u2019s Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n
The Texans (6-6) host the New England Patriots (10-2) on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are going to try to make a big deal out of this, but I\u2019ve played with worse than this before, even this season,\u201d Watt said. \u201cThis I\u2019m not very worried about. My elbow a couple years back was way more painful. This was painful when it happened, but it\u2019s football. In a game of football you\u2019re going to play with pain. If you don\u2019t play with pain you\u2019re probably in the wrong sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watt wouldn\u2019t say exactly how he suffered the injury other than it was in practice playing football. He said he knew as soon as it happened that it was broken. Watt couldn\u2019t remember if he\u2019d ever played a game with a broken bone before at any level of football.<\/p>\n
He was asked how long he expects to have to wear the cast.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know how fast bones heal,\u201d Watt said. \u201cI listen to the people who do.\u201d<\/p>\n
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AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_NFL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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