For the first four games of the season, Colts wide receiver Andre Johnson didn’t have the same kind of impact on the offense that he had when he was a member of the Texans.
Johnson was back in Houston on Thursday night and his productivity returned. Johnson had six catches for 77 yards and two touchdowns to help lead his new team past his old team in a game that he said is “up there” on his list of career highlights. While getting the win in his old stomping grounds was “pretty big,” so was playing well after two weeks of not catching any passes at all.
“A lot of people probably thought this was a ‘get back’ game for me or something like that. It was never like that,” Johnson said, via the Indianapolis Star. “I just wanted to use my role. I was involved a lot more today and I was able to go out and make the best of my opportunities. That’s the way I looked at it. I just wanted to do what I needed to do to help the team win.”
The win leaves the Colts at 3-2 on the season, which doesn’t fix everything that led to two losses to start the year but goes a long way toward setting them back on course for another AFC South title. More performances like Thursday’s from Johnson would be a big boost to that effort.
