Texans’ Watt excited for brother

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - J.J. Watt learned of his brother T.J. Watt’s big game on Friday night from an unlikely source.

The Houston Texans star checked his phone after a team meeting to see a text from Grammy Award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar alerting him to T.J.’s work in a Pittsburgh preseason game.

“It was the most crazy thing in the world,” J.J. said.

According to J.J., the text said: “I see your little bro out there ballin’. Hope all is well.”

But since he’d been in meetings all evening, he had no idea what happened. So J.J. immediately Googled his younger brother’s name and understood why Lamar was so excited.

“I check it out and it said two sacks in four plays,” J.J. said. “So I texted him so he could see after the game what Kendrick said. I just thought that was the craziest thing in the world to see one of the best rappers in the world, possibly the best rapper in the world, text me about my little brother.”

The performance of T.J., who was the 30th overall pick in this year’s draft, had J.J. reevaluating his work in Houston’s first preseason game on Wednesday when he didn’t have a tackle in limited work in his return after missing most of last season after back surgery.

“Two sacks in four plays made me question myself, because I played four plays the other day — so a little disappointed,” J.J. said with a laugh.

Broncos’ Wolf hurt: The Denver Broncos appeared to have dodged a huge hit to their battered defensive line: Derek Wolfe’s right ankle injury apparently isn’t as serious as first thought.

“Great news,” cornerback Aqib Talib said. “I was praying as soon as it happened that it was just a sprain and nothing serious.”

The sixth-year defensive end was carted off the field after he got tangled up with right tackle Menelik Watson on the second snap of team drills. Watson got up on his own, uninjured, while a cart was summoned for Wolfe.