Phil Ellsworth / ESPN ImagesBy JEANETTE TORRES-PEREZ, ABC News
(HOUSTON) — J.J. Watt’s request to be released from the Houston Texans has been granted, the team and defensive end announced on Friday.
In a video posted to Twitter, Watt said he “sat down with the McNair family and I have asked them for my release and we have mutually agreed to part ways at this time.”
Houston, I wanted you to hear this directly from me… pic.twitter.com/YqT3P6Lb6l
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) February 12, 2021
His departure comes 10 years after he was drafted by the Texans in 2011. During that time, Watt
