AJ is on his way out

[HPF Bob]

They could afford AJ while Watt was on his rookie contract. Essentially, Watt is the new AJ and there's only one guy on the roster who can make that sort of scratch. That's the way you have to see it. Oddly, most teams have to do that with their QB so if/when we get some top-flight QB, we'll have to decide how much we can afford J.J.

Rinse, repeat.

A.J.'s not going to find that amount of money anywhere else. He can accept a trade where the Texans pay part of the balance or get cut and sign a contract for roughly half of what he makes now.

Now that the league knows we aren't keeping AJ, the only teams that will trade for him are the ones who, for some reason, don't want to get in a bidding war for his services. Heck, I was shocked the Raiders did that for Matt Schaub so anything is possible. More likely, he has value to a team that needs a #2 receiver and wants a veteran to take coverage away from their star guy - like the Lions maybe.