A handful of Houston Texans players and team employees attended the final memorial service for George Floyd in his native Houston on Tuesday.
Defensive end J.J. Watt and former Texans defensive tackle D.J. Reader, who signed with the Cincinnati Bengals in the offseason, were among those in attendance at the Fountain of Praise Church, KHOU reported. Watt called Floyd’s killing “disgusting” and said he doesn’t see how anyone could defend it.
Head coach Bill O’Brien encouraged players and staff to go to the funeral and did not hold any offseason programming activities on Tuesday so that they were free to attend.