JJ Watt Returns to Texans Active Roster: Line Still at Houston -2.5

JJ Watt is back on the Houston Texans active roster to face the Bills in this weekend's Wildcard game.  The oddsmakers still held the Texans at -2.5 immediately following confirmation, though it can be argued his likely return had already been baked into the opening line. 

The news of Watts return could mean a surge of action on the Texans that may trigger the line to move to -2.

Nearly 70% of the spread action was on Buffalo as of Tuesday afternoon.

Watt has been out since tearing a pectoral muscle Oct. 27.

"When I got hurt I just assumed I was done [for the season]," Watt said after returning to practice on Dec. 24. "I didn't even know there was a possibility. And then literally a couple days after the surgery, I was feeling so good that ... I just started asking questions. I said, 'Is it remotely possible?'

"We left the door open for a possibility. And from there, it was just literally, day by day, just ... doing whatever I can do. And we arrived here."

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