Andre Johnson Showing Once Again That He Gets It

by Tim on Dec 16, 2009 8:49 AM CST in News

The best wide receiver in the NFL has treated underprivileged kids to a shopping spree at Toys R Us for the holidays for the last several years (e.g., last year's shopping spree can be found here), but his charitable acts don't get anywhere near the attention they should. Perhaps mainstream recognition would follow if he changed his name to Andre Ochenta.

Texans fans know how fortunate we are to be able to root for a guy like this. Here's hoping the rest of the country gets a glimpse of what Andre Johnson's all about.

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What a great guy

Makes me proud to be a fan.

by WhiskeyR on Dec 16, 2009 9:03 AM CST reply actions

+30

For Andre. He does this every year.

We are blessed to have him in our team.

by Jordann on Dec 16, 2009 9:15 AM CST reply actions

"Perhaps mainstream recognition would follow if he changed his name to Andre Ochenta."

LOL!!! So true. If he were a clown seeking attention, the national media woud be all over him.

Andre is way cool. Almost too cool for words.

by footballfan412 on Dec 16, 2009 10:55 AM CST reply actions

In my opinion

You can always tell when someone is truly trying to help people or a cause when they choose not to make a spectacle of it. There are those who give to charity or host events simply for the recognition, they go out of their way to make sure everyone knows how good a guy they are… I guess in the end it doesn’t really matter as the people need help don’t really care whether they massage someone’s ego or not getting it, I just think it’s refreshing to see people who, as you say, “get” that it’s about helping other people rather than yourself.

by Bryan72076 on Dec 16, 2009 11:37 AM CST reply actions 4 recs

Rec'd

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Dec 16, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions

My sister had a kidney disorder and eventually had to get my Dad's kidney when she was in grade school.

We spent a lot of time on “Pill Hill” in Seattle, at Children’s Hospital there. It was a sad place to be. Before the transplant she was there non-stop for several months, as home care wasn’t an option with how sick she was.

Seattle’s Children’s services Alaska, Montana, Idaho and Washington, the largest region of any of the “major” Children’s Hospitals in the country. My sister was in a ward with several cancer patients, including an amazingly positive and beautiful little Inuit girl with leukemia. Although I hope I’m wrong, I’m pretty sure didn’t make it.

There were a few lesser known Seahawks and Huskies that used to pop in semi-regularly, no tv coverage or recognition, they weren’t stars but they were athletes with tremendous capacity to give some attention to these sick sick kids, some of the kids (mostly the ones who were from out of state) didn’t always have family around all the time, as many parents had to work and provide what they could so they wouldn’t lose EVERYTHING even as their kids were dying. They were semi-regulars with some of the kids, and I just remember being impressed with the honor and integrity of those men.

Andre has been my favorite non-Seahawk for a couple years now, and this story just makes me appreciate him all the more.

Bird Law in this country isn't governed by reason.

by Tyler Jorgensen on Dec 19, 2009 11:28 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs

The chunk..

of awesomeness, that Andre Johnson is carved from has many layers.
Simply outstanding young man, boy are we lucky.

GO TEXANS!!!!

Our time will come...

by Texanmaniac on Dec 16, 2009 11:48 AM CST via mobile reply actions

The chunk..

of awesomeness, that Andre Johnson is carved from has many layers.
Simply outstanding young man, boy are we lucky.

GO TEXANS!!!!

Our time will come...

by Texanmaniac on Dec 16, 2009 11:51 AM CST via mobile reply actions

The chunk..

of awesomeness, that Andre Johnson is carved from has many layers.
Simply outstanding young man, boy are we lucky.

GO TEXANS!!!!

Our time will come...

by Texanmaniac on Dec 16, 2009 11:57 AM CST via mobile reply actions

The chunk..

of awesomeness, that Andre Johnson is carved from has many layers.
Simply outstanding young man, boy are we lucky.

GO TEXANS!!!!

Our time will come...

by Texanmaniac on Dec 16, 2009 12:05 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Would you say that it has four layers?

- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter

by riversmccown on Dec 16, 2009 12:10 PM CST reply actions 3 recs

It could be forgiven

if it was all in a 30 second span, I meant who hasn’t double/triple clicked a link to post, etc. But these occurred over a 17 minute interval.

…………………………………………………..BANNED!

by chrisjay84 on Dec 16, 2009 12:24 PM CST up reply actions

apologies.....I'm done

GO TEXANS!!!!

Our time will come...

by Texanmaniac on Dec 16, 2009 12:34 PM CST via mobile reply actions

its awesomeness about AJ

post it 30 more times.

It would not be enough.

Mount Cody in round 1

by texanphil on Dec 16, 2009 12:46 PM CST up reply actions

Someone needs to make a graph of how awesome he is.

Proudly supporting the Qatar National Falconry Team since December 6, 2009.

by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 16, 2009 12:51 PM CST reply actions

That Would Make This Post

While assuredly becoming someone’s new avatar.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Dec 16, 2009 12:52 PM CST up reply actions

Cue BFD

by Jordann on Dec 16, 2009 12:54 PM CST up reply actions

Cue TF

by Jordann on Dec 16, 2009 12:53 PM CST up reply actions

Countin' on ya, TF

"Because you cant read. Get lost looser." - Mcnair2VY

by bigfatdrunk on Dec 16, 2009 1:32 PM CST up reply actions

Damn your black hearts...

In other news I just got back from an intimate luncheon where I got to meet none other than…..Rick Smith.

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Dec 16, 2009 3:07 PM CST up reply actions

Pictures.

or GTFO.

by Jordann on Dec 16, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions

Tits too.

Rick Smith’s.

- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter

by riversmccown on Dec 16, 2009 3:14 PM CST up reply actions

Haven't you seen enough of BFD's?

by Jordann on Dec 16, 2009 3:15 PM CST up reply actions

Can anybody ever really see enough?

- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter

by riversmccown on Dec 16, 2009 3:19 PM CST up reply actions

I eventually become uncomfortable with the staring.

"Because you cant read. Get lost looser." - Mcnair2VY

by bigfatdrunk on Dec 16, 2009 3:55 PM CST up reply actions

So you decided to take pictures instead.

And use that picture as the cover of your yearly christmas cards sent to friends and family members.

A little unorthodox, but it’s not too outlandish.

I’ll be expecting mines the next time I check my mailbox.

by Jordann on Dec 16, 2009 3:59 PM CST up reply actions

Ok so actually it was a guy named rick Smith who works in the Rockets organization in sales.

What??! I never said it was THAT Rick Smith!

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Dec 16, 2009 3:22 PM CST up reply actions

You got me.

Damn you!

by Jordann on Dec 16, 2009 3:33 PM CST up reply actions

My mouf was open.... my mouf was open...

Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.

by beefy on Dec 16, 2009 3:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Does HE have nice boobs?

"Because you cant read. Get lost looser." - Mcnair2VY

by bigfatdrunk on Dec 16, 2009 3:56 PM CST up reply actions

I can't imagine that

they would be nicer than yours. So im not gonna feign too much interest on them.

by Jordann on Dec 16, 2009 3:59 PM CST up reply actions

Post REC'd

It’s too bad we didn’t have the REC function around when he did this last year.

Or the year before that, when Walmart tried to fuck Andre over.

If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?

by Shake on Dec 16, 2009 4:40 PM CST reply actions

I bet AJ could have broke the tackles from that Black Friday Walmart Stampede and still scored!

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Dec 16, 2009 4:44 PM CST up reply actions

Sure!

And BFD would have parted even the Dead Sea! (or wait, was that the Red Sea??) and Andre (covering his eyes, lest they be burned from looking at them) would have scored and then gone into therapy….(BTW BFD, lose the tassles…)

by Xetuoh on Dec 16, 2009 11:45 PM CST up reply actions

Sorry for the confusion

See the story from Aaron here:

http://www.battleredblog.com/2008/5/14/509574/andre-johnson-is-a-stand-u

If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?

by Shake on Dec 17, 2009 8:01 AM CST up reply actions

What a classy guy. How couldn't you like a guy like this?

by dolphinsinbuffalo on Dec 17, 2009 2:15 PM CST reply actions

That literally is one of the nicest things he could have done. I see that and I think I want to buy his jersey now.

NFL players like that are the best of the best, and it doesn’t hurt he is pretty damn good at football, too.

by dolphinsinbuffalo on Dec 17, 2009 2:21 PM CST up reply actions

he's ok.

He’s no Greg Camarillo, but we make him look alright.

Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.

by beefy on Dec 17, 2009 2:53 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

lol its a real feel good story about Johnson.

by dolphinsinbuffalo on Dec 17, 2009 7:00 PM CST up reply actions

Camarillo

I know we have rules for how we can refer to white WRs. My question is does an Italian count as white? Because I need to know if Camarillo is gritty and has great hands, or if I should make IROC-Z jokes about him.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Dec 18, 2009 7:28 AM CST up reply actions

If you white, you're Wes Welker

Internet: Suck it, You “gritty” white slot receiver with “great hands”!
Greg Camarillo: Im not Wes Welker.
Internet: You white, then you Wes Welker
Chad Henne: You are white.
Greg Camarillo: That’s true, I am white.

by Jordann on Dec 18, 2009 9:17 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs