Lovie Smith has coached great players in his NFL career, but he never had an opportunity to work with a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
The Houston Texans hired Lovie Smith as defensive coordinator for new coach David Culley’s staff in January 2021. Defensive end J.J. Watt did not want to be part of a rebuild and was granted a release from the franchise that drafted him in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft.
