The Houston Texans may be the NFL's most dysfunctional franchise right now, but the organization's decision to grant J.J. Watt's release Friday is not yet another indictment of the team's perceived ineptitude.
In this particular instance, the organization did right by the individual and, more importantly, the team.
The move itself has absolutely nothing to do with the front office's current imbroglio with quarterback Deshaun Watson. The situations are not one and the same.
Watt's departure this year had long been foretold.
The odds of Watt actually being a member of the 2021 Texans squad were slim to none from the start of the offseason.