J.J. Watt is free to choose wherever he wants to play this offseason following his release from the Houston Texans. During a video conference with reporters on Tuesday, Jon Robinson — the general manager of the Tennessee Titans — revealed that the Titans have spoken to Watt.
“We’ve had some contact,” Robinson said in his Tuesday video conference. “It’s early in the stages. We obviously know his skillset and what he’s meant to the Texans, having played against him twice [a year] and the type of player he is. So we’ll just kind of see how it goes like a lot of these guys that are becoming available over the next few weeks, see kind of where their interest is and make a determination if it’s an avenue that we went to go down and are we a fit, potentially, for some of these guys that become available.”
Besides having an opportunity to face Watt twice a year, there is familiarity with Watt on Tennessee's coaching staff. Mike Vrabel, the head coach of the Titans, was the linebackers coach of the Texans from 2014-2016, and he also was the defensive coordinator in Houston in 2017.
Given that, Vrabel and Watt have had experience together when he was winning Defensive Player of the Year awards. But for the time being, the Titans are uncertain if Watt is interested in joining them this offseason.
Adding Watt would be a massive move for Tennessee after their defense tallied only 19 sacks in 2020, which was the third-fewest in the NFL. However, the Titans are going to be competing with quite a few teams that would love to add the All-Pro defensive lineman in 2021.
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