What's Right About Your Houston Texans: Andre Johnson
by Tim on Jul 19, 2010 6:00 AM CDT
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Here in the blogosphere, we have a tendency to sometimes get a bit negative. It's easy to forget all the good things that we take for granted. To that end, we're going to start a series here at BRB that's aimed at reminding all of us what our Houston Texans have going for them. Amidst all the analysis, we occasionally lose the trees in the forest. Chapter One, Verse One after the jump.
For a team that boasts one winning season in eight (8) years, there's actually a whole lot to love about the Houston Texans. We could start at any number of places, but we're gonna start with perhaps the most underappreciated player on the roster--if not the NFL. He's No. 80 in your program. Andre Lamont Johnson.
Look at those numbers. Then recall that he spent his first four seasons in a Dom Capers/Chris Palmer/Joe Pendry offense. With David Carr throwing to him.
And he does stuff like this every year.
We have the privilege of watching the best wide receiver in the world play every Sunday. Rejoice.
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just the name makes me weep....
with joy. Andre is the guy you follow and root for even if he were ever released from your team. My expectations for him are that #80 never gets worn by another Texans player, and that he play his entire career with the Texans.
The Man is pure awesomeness. Last year at camp, my wife and I were amazed that he stopped and signed EVERY autograph asked of him, we followed along just watching.
When this team makes the playoffs/superbowl, Andre Johnson will explode and you will see him in all the commercials instead of fivehead.
Andre Johnson is the reason I want the Texans to succeed so bad at this time with this team, he deserves it like no other.
YES I HAVE A MANCRUSH, THAT’S WHY THE WIFE WEARS #80 ON SUNDAYS!
GO TEXANS!!!!
Our time will come...
someone do it!
yea post the play cus idk how. and i may just have a mancrush too.. fml. i might be gay for andre johnson. o and i agree i think he will stay with houston until he retires
by houstonduckhunter on Jul 19, 2010 6:28 AM CDT reply actions
It's been a pleasure watching AJ for years and years
I only hope the team they put around him can one day let him bring his game to the biggest stage.
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter
For your viewing pleasure...
without further adieu, 3 Birds, 1 Fearsome Stone
Winning season... Check. Higher expectation bar... big Check.
by BattleRedHusker on Jul 19, 2010 7:17 AM CDT reply actions 4 recs
EVERYTIME!!!
everytime i see that i just wanna punch some one in the face and chug a beer. football season is tooo far away
by ketchuppants7 on Jul 19, 2010 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Too far away
I concur. This morning I drank a couple of beers and watch NFL Films Game of the Day on Hulu – the 2004 Packers at Texans. Andre was so awesome already and I thank God for Shaub – it was unbearable watching Carr worry about his hair.
Houston Texans Number One
Nipples...
That just gave me a double nipple erection!
I am more than just a great set of boobies...but, not much more...
by Foomey on Jul 20, 2010 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
"he plays as if he's mad at the grass."
my favorite play last season (besides “the play”) was a short slant caught against the bills. byrd runs up for the tackle and gets CRUSHED by dre, who then throws in a stiff arm on the way down for good measure. i think jinxy said something like “i bet byrd never had THAT happen to him in college!”
"don't taze me bro!!!!!!!!!!"
http://www.twitter.com/doobieman21
by chrisd21 on Jul 19, 2010 7:29 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I want to...
make this my facebook profile pic, just a continous running of this play.
GO TEXANS!!!!
Our time will come...
I call for a vote for a name change
St. Andre….any takers?
Lord Andre...
or Andre The Magnificent, Andre The Conquerer, His Awesomeness..
GO TEXANS!!!!
Our time will come...
He is a Cornerstone
for sure. He is a decent running game from going to the next level.
by The Ice Machine on Jul 19, 2010 10:44 AM CDT reply actions
My True Feelings
This is what happens to me when Andre makes a play on Sundays.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Jul 19, 2010 11:50 AM CDT reply actions
I'd hate to imagine this franchise without Andre.....
From the dark days of Triple C to the (hopeflly) bright days ahead! Andre is teh awesome.
"Lord, beer me strength."
andre is the best
i agree that andre is the bright spot and look what he does while being double teamed since teams dont have to respect any other wide reciever so my question is this why have we not even attempted to get T.O. i know hes had problems but you still have to cover and respect him so i think its an obvious fit to take pressure off andre and let him rack up even more numbers and if you still double him T.O. will be single coverage not a bad deal Schaub will have a field day GO!!!! TEXANS!!!!!
sigh
because you are severely overvaluing what TO still has left in the tank. and severely undervaluing the rest of our WR corps. At one time TO was the best WR in the league. He’s not anywhere close to that anymore. He quit being worth the headache several years ago. Even if he was a model citizen he would still have a hard time being more than the fourth WR on this team. There is no reason for the Texans to slow the development of their young WR’s(our strongest position group) by adding a temperamental diva with declining skills.
Andre Johnson is going to draw double teams no matter who is opposite him. He is that good. Even if you lined up Fitzgerald on the other side….well teams would just double them both and pray. TO would do NOTHING to open things up for AJ. AJ is good enough to still get his despite being double teamed. That is why players like Jacoby was able to have such a high TD% because AJ makes those around him better. That is what truly great players do. Lebron reference
TO doesn’t have anyone beating down his door right now from the rest of the NFL either, despite what Rosenhaus claims. There’s a reason for that…and now it’s not just because of the distractions.
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
by papabear on Jul 19, 2010 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I saw this on Bleacher Reports
And I started to vomit more than the time i had food poisoning from bad oysters. TO is not worth anything… He has been a horrible personality is detrimental to moral, and has 23 million reasons to kill himself!
I have to agree with papabear. No matter what Madden rankings they give to our WR corps our WRs are scary. Andre Johnson will be double/triple teamed till the year he doesn’t get his probowl invite in September. K-dub is a lot better than people other than texans fans give him credit for. plus with JJ, DA, and our 67 TEs or passing game wont be subpar for a while… unless schaubby god forbid goes down.
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
I could....
knock on an aging TO or his attitude or anything….
However, I’ll take a different route. T.O. doesn’t offer the offense anything. We’ve got the true #1 stud in ‘Dre, K-Dubs is the sure handed dependable veteran, Jacoby is the explosive playmaker, DA is the slot threat, and the TEs are well, there’s 1,293 of them.
T.O is best suited to be a #2 option for a team like Cleveland, Seattle, San Diego, Pittsburgh….some teams with WR depth issues. There’s just no place for him in Houston.
"Lord, beer me strength."
I hate T.O.
everytime i see him i think of the god **** mother ******* dallas fags BUT… i think having him in the lineup would be pretty beastly. if he can keep his mouth shut.
by houstonduckhunter on Jul 19, 2010 3:34 PM CDT reply actions
There are very few guarantees in the NFL
Andre Johnson showing up on game day is one of them
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
by Rip Jersey on Jul 19, 2010 4:05 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Andre
Is the only thing that justifies Charles Casserly’s existence on this planet.
Eh....
I really wonder what would have happened if Matt Millen and Detroit didn’t take Charles Rogers. Would Casserly have screwed up?
/sends eternal thanks to Millen and the Lions for preventing Casserly from screwing up.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Do you really have to wonder?
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
Re: Casserly
I have zero doubt Charles Rogers would have been Casserly’s pick if the Lions had taken ‘Dre at No. 2 in 2003. I remember at the time that it was almost understood that the Texans were taking whichever WR the Lions didn’t.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...
He usually is....
I don’t know what his issue was last season….I was reading Micheal Silver’s column and in his “32 Questions” he said something like “Since when does Andre Johnson drop passes?”
Normally ’Dre is as automatic as a WR can be all season long.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
To be completely fair
…that was the conventional wisdom at the time. Sure some people liked one much more than the other, but the consensus at that time was that you couldn’t go wrong with either one.
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
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