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Nearly 11 months from his most recent NFL game Authentic Deshaun Watson Jersey , Watt isn't hiding his eagerness to get back on the field.The three-time Defensive Player of the Year hasn't played since he suffered a broken left leg against Kansas City in Week 5 last season. The prior year, he missed the final 13 games of the 2016 season with a back injury that required surgery.With his recent string of injuries, Watt said he has one major objective if coach Bill O'Brien lets him play in the team's dress-rehearsal game against the Rams in Los Angeles on Saturday night."I want to come out healthy," Watt said. "I want to be able to go on the field and then come back off the field."Sounds simple enough, right?When the Texans selected pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 draft to complement Watt, the duo was expected to menace quarterbacks for years to come.Four seasons later, however, the two have played in just 25 of 64 games together as Clowney dealt with injuries early in his career and Watt has struggled to stay on the field the past two years.This summer, Watt has been active in practice and has shown glimpses of what made him great in four consecutive Pro Bowl seasons from 2012 to 2015. Last year, despite the injuries, he made his impact off the field, raising more than $37 million for Hurricane Harvey relief. The accolades continued to roll in this offseason when he picked up the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year as well as the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors for 2017.Now nearly a year removed and feeling healthy http://www.houstontexansteamonline.com/deshaun-watson-jersey , Watt has plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the 2018 season."This year has been a lot better than last year," Watt said. "Last year, we were up there (for training camp in West Virginia) for three weeks, then we were in New Orleans, and then we were stuck in Dallas with the hurricane. Just about anything is better than last year. This has been a good camp so far and we're excited to have a strong finish."The Texans went back to West Virginia again this summer, but only for two weeks before returning to Houston for joint practices against San Francisco. O'Brien — who has been mum on Watt's status for Saturday — said Watt looked good in the practices against the 49ers.Clowney, who missed most of the offseason and training camp in his recovery from arthroscopic knee surgery in January, returned to practice on Monday.Practicing alongside Watt again, Clowney is just as optimistic about the defense helping the Texans bounce back from a 4-12 record last season."The sky is the limit for this defense," Clowney said. "We just have to come to play like we do — week in and week out and try and stay healthy. If we stay healthy, I don't see much bad going wrong with this defensive line and this secondary we put together. I'm excited about this team and this defense."Watt said he's excited about Houston's offseason pickup in safety Tyrann Mathieu, praising the new addition's value as a teammate and playmaker."There's guys all over the place Deshaun Watson Jersey Elite ," Watt said. "We have a chance to be a very good defense, but it's up to us to go out there and execute and do it. It's easy to look on paper and say we're going to be good, but it's another thing to go out there and perform."While Watt might be chomping at the bit to get a taste of game action on Saturday, he said as a pass rusher, he doesn't have any specific reintroductions to the game such as a receiver getting hit for the first time or a linebacker making the first tackle after a lengthy absence."I mean, I'm not sure I need to get pancake-blocked or anything like that," Watt said with a grin. "You just want to hit the pads. You want to try and make a tackle and get back up. You have to get up, get back in line and try to make another play." The Houston Texans have turned things around after opening the season 0-3, winning three straight games to move out of the AFC South basement.There's still plenty of work to do though as their offense has struggled to move the ball and protect quarterback Deshaun Watson.Houston beat the Buffalo Bills 20-13 on Sunday, but needed an interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to do it as they managed just one touchdown on offense for the second straight week.The Texans had a chance to put the game away on offense before the big defensive play but couldn't get it done. They trailed by three with about two minutes remaining on Sunday when they reached the 1-yard line on a 41-yard penalty for pass interference in the end zone. But they lost 7 yards on three plays, capped by an incomplete pass intended for Ryan Griffin that Matt Milano knocked down and had to settle for a tying field goal.It was a particularly tough day for Watson, who entered the game dealing with a chest injury and was hit 19 times and committed a season-high three turnovers in the win.He knows that he must get better with a meeting with the Jaguars coming up on Sunday http://www.texansauthorizedshops.com/authentic-jadeveon-clowney-jersey , but also pointed out that there are going to be some growing pains since he's still very early in his career."There's always room to improve," he said. "And this is only the 12th game of my career so I'm always experiencing and learning, and I'm going to continue learning for however long I play this game. Every game is a new experience, and for me to go out there (Sunday), I learned something new. I'm going to learn from it and move on."The Texans made some moves to improve their offensive line in the offseason, but the group has continued to struggle. Watson has been sacked 25 times, which is the second-most in the NFL, and he's taken 66 other hits.Despite this the second-year player wouldn't criticize his line and said the problem is because of many different factors."As a whole we've just got to do better," he said. "Me getting the ball out, those guys doing their job, making sure the play-calling is right, just all on the same page. You can't point fingers and pin it all on one group of guys. It's a team sport. We're all in it together Authentic Whitney Mercilus Jersey , and we've got to come back, watch the film, correct it and move on."Coach Bill O'Brien didn't provide any specifics on what Houston can do to improve its offense, but insisted that it's his responsibility to fix it."We've got to get these guys to be more consistent in how they play," he said. "That's coaching. That's really what we have to get done."The Titans and Jaguars have lost two games in a row after starting out their seasons strong to leave them and the Texans tied with 3-3 records.After how terribly Houston's season started the fact that the Texans could take the division lead with a win over Jacksonville is rather encouraging."I feel good for these guys," O'Brien said. "We know we have to improve in areas, obviously, but that's what the league's all about. I think winning the last three games the way we've won them shows a lot about that locker room and what they're all about. If we can improve and get better in a lot of different areas, maybe we can do something.""To come back from where we were is a testament to those guys, but there's a long way to go," O'Brien continued.