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Texans' Watt out for year

HOUSTON — Houston’s J.J. Watt and Whitney Mercilus will miss the rest of the season with injuries.

Coach Bill O’Brien confirmed that both were season-ending injuries on Monday, a day after Watt broke his left leg and Mercilus, a linebacker, tore a pectoral muscle in a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Watt sustained a tibial plateau fracture to end his season early.

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