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Injured Watt tweets message: 'See you on the field very soon'

J.J. Watt/Twitter

Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt made his first public comments, via Twitter, since undergoing back surgery last week that could see him miss the first game of his career.

As I sit here, recovering from back surgery, the doctors won't really let me do much, so I end up just pacing around my house all day. I've spent a lot of my time reading through the notes and letters that y'all have sent to me and trying to respond to as many as I can. I know I won't be able to respond directly to everyone, so I wanted to write one note to all of you to say thank you. You make our jobs possible, you make them fun and you make difficult times like these much easier. So thank you, I truly appreciate you. See you on the field very soon.

Watt could miss up to three games as the reported recovery time from his July 20 surgery is 8-to-10 weeks. The 27-year-old has never missed a regular-season game in his career, but did sit out the 2012 preseason with an elbow injury.

Judging by the line "See you on the field very soon," Watt could force himself into the lineup by Week 1.

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