Johnson now career scoring leader for Texans

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky

HOUSTON -- Andre Johnson's first quarter touchdown made him the Houston Texans all-time leading scorer for a non-kicker.

With his touchdown, Johnson passed running back Domanick Williams (known as Domanick Davis for most of his career) for first place in franchise history. The 31-yard score broke a tie between Johnson and Williams, who had 28 career touchdowns and 168 points.

Johnson, an unassuming guy who's a great combination of size and speed, has suffered with his team's inconsistency at quarterback this season. This is the fifth game Matt Schaub has missed.

The team has talked some about how they hope Schaub-to-Johnson could someday be something like Peyton Manning-to-Marvin Harrison. They've got a long way to go to get there, but it's a nice aspiration.

The conversation about Johnson on the ESPN broadcast has been about how he's not a diva like some of the league's best-known receivers.

Houston has no interest in him developing into one of those, and he won't.

He's got a month's worth of games with Schaub, who is due to be back in the lineup next week at Green Bay, to resume building the connection the team hopes can take off for a full season next year.



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Wow, what a huge honor, considering the Texans are less than 10 years old, with their best season at 8-8. What a history of achievement.

I can tell you that no WR the Oilers/Titans have ever had compares to Andre Johnson... I have followed most all of em on BOTH teams being a Houston fan.

Congrats. Enjoy him while he lasts I guess.

Maybe we'll be fortunate enough...or sh*tty enough to have a top-3 pick playing wideout for us sometime in the future as well.

if the Cows could just manage to keep a QB vertical for 3+seconds that might just mean something.

Our lack of exposure from sucking has led you to believe that we cant protect the QB still when in fact its simple dumb decisions of throwing INTs being the problem. Top 5 offense.... top 20 scoring O.


BTW... Houston + Titans super bowl wins = 0. So I guess having AJ isnt all that much more effective than any other Oiler wr of the past.

when was the last time a starting Cow QB finished a game against the Titans?

Heck Titans got to pretty boy Carr so bad he yellowed his panties when he lined up against Tennessee when he was with Carolina. I hope he has to come into the SB against the Titans, not a doubt in my mind he will be having 'nam like flashbacks

and FWIW I kinda didn't follow your whole "lack of exposure from sucking" thing. Not sure what it means but if it means what I think it means then its a good thing Cows are warm blooded otherwise they would most definatly die from 7 straight season of exposure to sucking

Your point would mean something if we played the Titans 16 times a season.


Oh, and week 2 btw.

Cows were on a bye week 2

you mean week 3 when Schaub went 17 for 37 for 188 with 3 picks for a 27.76 passer rating. Titans vowed too keep him healthy for competative reasons.