J.J. Watt has endured a number of injuries in his career but the scariest one was never acknowledged by the Houston Texans as an actual injury.

“One Friday night last season, I noticed some weird bumps on my knee,” Watt writes on The Players Tribune. “I thought it was a rash, so I went and asked our trainer if he had any cream. He looked at my knee and said, ‘That looks really bad. We have to get you to the hospital right now.”

Watt initially thought the trainer was joking.

“I could see in his face that he was serious and actually a bit panicked,” Watt explains. “As it turned out, he saved me in a big way. At the hospital, they immediately put me on three hours of the strongest antibiotic IVs. I went straight from the hospital to the team plane and we flew to Jacksonville. Once we landed, there were two more hours of antibiotics that night and two more the next morning before the game. The medicine had completely drained me, but I played — and we won.”

A team doctor told Watt he could have lost his leg if the trainer hadn't recognized the problem.

the postgame comments made it sound like a traditional illness, not a limb-threatening bacterial infection.

“Couple days ago. Yesterday? I don’t even know,” Watt said upon being asked when he got sick. “It’s OK. We got a good staff and they took good care of me.”

Brock Osweiler said a green laser that was shined onto the field and into his eyes on Monday night in Mexico City was "very distracting."

Throughout the game, someone in the stadium shined what appeared to be a green laser pointer on the field when the Houston Texans were on offense in the game against the Oakland Raiders.

The Raiders won the game 27-20.

"I'm still gathering information on what exactly took place, but all I know at this point is, when we were out there on the field on offense, there were multiple times I saw a green laser coming from the stands," Osweiler said. "There were a couple of times it definitely hit me in the eye. And it was very noticeable.

"Certainly, having a laser zoomed in on your eyeball definitely affects how you play."

Osweiler said he had never experienced anything like that while playing football.

Andre Johnson has announced his retirement after 14 seasons in the NFL.

Johnson was the third overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft out of Miami by thee Houston Texans.

Johnson retires with 1,062 regular season receptions for 14,185 yards and 70 touchdowns.

After leaving the Texans, Johnson spent the past two seasons with the Colts and Titans.