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Cardinals agree to terms with free agent edge rusher JJ Watt

J.J. Watt has agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals.
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2021, file photo, Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) looks on before an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Houston. Watt and the Texans have “mutually agreed to part ways,” ending the tenure of the face of the franchise and adding another huge change to an offseason filled with upheaval. (AP Photo/Matt Patterson, FIle)

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — J.J. Watt has agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals.  It's reportedly worth 31 million dollars, including 23 million guaranteed.

The team announced the deal with the free-agent edge rusher on Monday. 

Watt was released last month by the Houston Texans, for whom he won three NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards. 

The 31-year old Watt has been one of the NFL's best players for a decade, but asked out in Houston, which is undergoing a roster upheaval. 

Watt joins another former Texans star, wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, in Arizona. 

Hopkins was acquired by the Cardinals in a one-sided trade a year ago.

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