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J.J. Watt is "disruptive," even with a cast

Playing defensive end in the NFL isn't be easy.

Doing it with a cast on your hand definitely isn't, but J.J. Watt doesn’t care.

With a broken bone in his left hand, Watt is getting adjusted to having a cast as an appendage for the next few games.

“First, one thing that I will say is that he will get more and more adjusted to having that club on his hand, without the use of his fingers,” head coach Bill O’Brien said Monday. “That is the type of athlete he is, that is the type of worker that he is.