NFL: NEW ORLEANS at HOUSTON <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 3 7 0 0 10 HOUSTON 7 10 0 6 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 2:51 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 52 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 1:20. Key plays: Fujita recovery of Daniels fumble at Houston 38. NEW ORLEANS 3-0. 4:16 HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 73 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK). Drive: 3 plays, 85 yards in 1:25. HOUSTON 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 10:21 NOR - TD, DEVERY HENDERSON 6 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards in 3:09. Key plays: W Smith 2-yard return of Echemandu fumble to Houston 43; Brees 12-yard pass to E Johnson to Houston 32; Bush 2-yard run plus 12-yard facemask penalty on Texans' T Johnson to Houston 11. NEW ORLEANS 10-7. 12:50 HST - TD, JOEL DREESSEN 10 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards in 2:29. Key plays: Schaub 24-yard pass to Daniels to New Orleans 46; Schaub 21-yard pass to Davis to New Orleans 25; Dayne 11-yard run to New Orleans 14. HOUSTON 14-10. 14:52 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 36 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards in 1:11. Key plays: Schaub 17-yard pass to Dayne to New Orleans 43; Schaub 12-yard pass to Daniels to New Orleans 31; Schaub 13-yard pass to Daniels on 3rd-and-10 to New Orleans 18. HOUSTON 17-10. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 2:38 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 53 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards in 0:58. Key plays: Greenwood 3-yard interception return to New Orleans 38. HOUSTON 20-10. 13:03 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 23 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards in 5:20. Key plays: Schaub 14-yard pass to A Johnson to New Orleans 39; Dayne 20-yard run to New Orleans 9. HOUSTON 23-10. NEW ORLEANS - HOUSTON Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON FIRST DOWNS 20 19 Rushing 4 8 Passing 15 11 Penalty 1 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 8-15-53% 3-11-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 1-2-50% TOTAL NET YARDS 327 390 Total offensive plays 69 59 Average gain per play 4.7 6.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 47 103 Rushing attempts 19 25 Average gain per rush 2.5 4.1 Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 1-1 NET YARDS PASSING 280 287 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-10 1-6 Gross passing yards 290 293 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 49-33-2 33-21-0 Avg gain per pass play 5.6 8.4 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-0-0 6-2-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-48.0 3-46.3 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 45.0 36.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 9 42 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-9 3-31 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-135 3-65 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-11 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-30 3-22 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 3-2 TOUCHDOWNS 1 2 Rushing 0 0 Passing 1 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-3-33% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 31:57 28:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 15 34 2.3 11 0 R DAYNE 21 89 4.2 20 0 D BREES 1 6 6.0 6 0 M SCHAUB 2 7 3.5 4 0 P THOMAS 1 6 6.0 6 0 K WALTER 1 5 5.0 5 0 M KARNEY 1 1 1.0 1 0 A ECHEMAND 1 2 2.0 2 0 L MOORE 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BREES 33-49-290 2 1 32 M SCHAUB 21-33-293 0 2 73 Sacked-Yards Lost: D BREES 1-10. Sacked-Yards Lost: M SCHAUB 1-6. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 12 70 5.8 11 0 A JOHNSON 6 120 20.0 73 1 M COLSTON 9 118 13.1 32 0 O DANIELS 5 74 14.8 24 0 B MILLER 3 25 8.3 14 0 K WALTER 3 31 10.3 13 0 D PATTEN 2 29 14.5 21 0 R DAYNE 3 26 8.7 17 0 E JOHNSON 2 17 8.5 12 0 A DAVIS 2 30 15.0 21 0 A STECKER 2 9 4.5 7 0 J DREESSEN 1 10 10.0 10 1 M KARNEY 1 11 11.0 11 0 V LEACH 1 2 2.0 2 0 D HENDERSO 1 6 6.0 6 1 T COPPER 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- V HUTCHINS 1 8 8.0 8 0 M GREENWOOD 1 3 3.0 3 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S WEATHERF 3 144 48.0 0 0 55 M TURK 3 139 46.3 1 1 57 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L MOORE 1 9 9.0 9 0 J JONES 3 31 10.3 17 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P THOMAS 5 113 22.6 26 0 D WYNN 3 59 19.7 26 0 A STECKER 1 22 22.0 22 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- O MARE 1/1 1/1 K BROWN 2/2 3/3 Dist.: 52 Dist.: 36 53 23 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ R BUSH 2 1 0 0-0 O DANIELS 1 1 0 0-0 D BREES 1 0 0 0-0 A ECHEMANDU 1 1 0 0-0 J COOPER 0 0 1 0-0 V LEACH 1 0 0 0-0 S SHANLE 0 0 1 0-0 E COCHRAN 0 0 1 0-0 F THOMAS 0 0 1 0-0 M WILLIAMS 0 0 1 0-0 S FUJITA 0 0 0 0-1 C BROWN 0 0 1 0-1 W SMITH 0 0 0 0-1 J STINCHCOMB 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ S FUJITA 9 6 3 0-0 D RYANS 10 6 4 0-0 M SIMONEAU 6 3 3 0-0 M GREENWOOD 9 7 2 0-0 J BULLOCKS 5 5 0 0-0 V HUTCHINS 9 7 2 0-0 S SHANLE 5 4 1 0-0 C BROWN 7 7 0 0-0 M BOYKIN 5 4 1 0-0 M WILLIAMS 6 3 3 1-10 H THOMAS 4 3 1 0-0 W DEMPS 4 4 0 0-0 J DAVID 4 3 1 0-0 T JOHNSON 4 3 1 0-0 M MCKENZIE 3 3 0 0-0 D CLARK 3 3 0 0-0 R HARPER 3 3 0 0-0 D FAGGINS 2 2 0 0-0 J COOPER 3 3 0 0-0 F BENNETT 2 2 0 0-0 W SMITH 3 2 1 1-6 A WEAVER 2 2 0 0-0 R WYNN 2 2 0 0-0 E COCHRAN 2 2 0 0-0 K KAESVIHARN 1 1 0 0-0 J ZGONINA 2 1 1 0-0 F THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 N KALU 2 1 1 0-0 A LAKE 1 0 1 0-0 D WYNN 2 1 1 0-0 A OKOYE 1 0 1 0-0 Att: 70,780</div>
By Ted Dunnam PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer HOUSTON (Ticker) - Andre Johnson caught a 73-yard touchdown passin his return to Houston's lineup, helping lead the HoustonTexans to a 23-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Johnson, who has been out of the lineup since the second week ofthe season with a knee injury, caught six passes for 120 yards,going over 100 yards receiving for the third time this seasonand 16th time in his career. The Texans sealed the win with Kris Brown's 53-yard field goalwith 58 seconds left in the third quarter, giving Houston a20-10 lead. Brown tacked on a 23-yarder to make it 23-10 with1:57 left. Quarterback Matt Schaub also returned from injury and finished21-of-33 for 293 yards and two touchdowns as the Texans (5-5)won their second straight game. New Orleans scored the game's first points on Olindo Mare's52-yard field goal with 12:09 left in the first quarterfollowing fumble recovery by Scott Fujita. The Texans answered just three plays later when Schaub connectedwith a wide-open Johnson on a 73-yard touchdown reception at10:44 of the opening period for a 7-3 lead. After Saints defensive lineman Will Smith recovered a fumble byTexans running back Adimchinobi Echmandu at the Houston 43-yardline, New Orleans went ahead, 10-7, on Drew Brees' 6-yardtouchdown pass to Devery Henderson at 4:39 of the secondquarter. Brees completed 32-of-48 passes for 275 yards, one touchdown andtwo interceptions. That Saints' lead was short-lived as Houston answered with asix-play, 70-yard drive, culminating in Schaub's 10-yardtouchdown pass to tight end Joel Dreessen for a 14-10 lead. Brown kicked 36-yard field goal with eight seconds left in thehalf for a 17-10 cushion. The Saints committed two first-half turnovers that negatedprobable scores. New Orleans running back Reggie Bush rushed for just 34 yards on15 attempts, losing two fumbles.
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at HOUSTON <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 3 7 0 0 10 HOUSTON 7 10 0 6 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 2:51 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 52 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 1:20. Key plays: Fujita recovery of Daniels fumble at Houston 38. NEW ORLEANS 3-0. 4:16 HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 73 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK). Drive: 3 plays, 85 yards in 1:25. Key plays: Schaub 9-yard pass to Walter to Houston 24. HOUSTON 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 10:21 NOR - TD, DEVERY HENDERSON 6 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards in 3:09. Key plays: Smith 2-yard return of Echemandu fumble to Houston 43; Brees 12-yard pass to Johnson to Houston 32; Bush 2-yard run plus 12-yard facemask penalty on Texans' T Johnson to Houston 11. NEW ORLEANS 10-7. 12:50 HST - TD, JOEL DREESSEN 10 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards in 2:29. Key plays: Schaub 24-yard pass to Daniels to New Orleans 46; Schaub 21-yard pass to Davis to New Orleans 25; Dayne 11-yard run to New Orleans 14. HOUSTON 14-10. 14:52 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 36 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards in 1:11. Key plays: Schaub 17-yard pass to Dayne to New Orleans 43; Schaub 12-yard pass to Daniels to New Orleans 31; Schaub 13-yard pass to Daniels on 3rd-and-10 to New Orleans 18. HOUSTON 17-10. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 2:38 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 53 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards in 0:58. Key plays: Greenwood 3-yard interception return to New Orleans 38. HOUSTON 20-10. 13:03 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 23 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards in 5:20. Key plays: Schaub 14-yard pass to A Johnson to New Orleans 39; Dayne 20-yard run to New Orleans 9. HOUSTON 23-10. NEW ORLEANS - HOUSTON Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON FIRST DOWNS 20 19 Rushing 4 8 Passing 15 11 Penalty 1 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 8-15-53% 3-11-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 1-2-50% TOTAL NET YARDS 327 390 Total offensive plays 69 59 Average gain per play 4.7 6.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 47 103 Rushing attempts 19 25 Average gain per rush 2.5 4.1 Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 1-1 NET YARDS PASSING 280 287 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-10 1-6 Gross passing yards 290 293 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 49-33-2 33-21-0 Avg gain per pass play 5.6 8.4 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-0-0 6-2-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-48.0 3-46.3 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 45.0 36.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 9 42 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-9 3-31 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-135 3-65 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-11 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-30 3-22 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 3-2 TOUCHDOWNS 1 2 Rushing 0 0 Passing 1 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-3-33% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 31:57 28:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 15 34 2.3 11 0 R DAYNE 21 89 4.2 20 0 D BREES 1 6 6.0 6 0 M SCHAUB 2 7 3.5 4 0 P THOMAS 1 6 6.0 6 0 K WALTER 1 5 5.0 5 0 M KARNEY 1 1 1.0 1 0 A ECHEMAND 1 2 2.0 2 0 L MOORE 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BREES 33-49-290 2 1 32 M SCHAUB 21-33-293 0 2 73 Sacked-Yards Lost: D BREES 1-10. Sacked-Yards Lost: M SCHAUB 1-6. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 12 70 5.8 11 0 A JOHNSON 6 120 20.0 73 1 M COLSTON 9 118 13.1 32 0 O DANIELS 5 74 14.8 24 0 B MILLER 3 25 8.3 14 0 K WALTER 3 31 10.3 13 0 D PATTEN 2 29 14.5 21 0 R DAYNE 3 26 8.7 17 0 E JOHNSON 2 17 8.5 12 0 A DAVIS 2 30 15.0 21 0 A STECKER 2 9 4.5 7 0 J DREESSEN 1 10 10.0 10 1 M KARNEY 1 11 11.0 11 0 V LEACH 1 2 2.0 2 0 D HENDERSO 1 6 6.0 6 1 T COPPER 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- V HUTCHINS 1 8 8.0 8 0 M GREENWOOD 1 3 3.0 3 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S WEATHERF 3 144 48.0 0 0 55 M TURK 3 139 46.3 1 1 57 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L MOORE 1 9 9.0 9 0 J JONES 3 31 10.3 17 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P THOMAS 5 113 22.6 26 0 D WYNN 3 59 19.7 26 0 A STECKER 1 22 22.0 22 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- O MARE 1/1 1/1 K BROWN 2/2 3/3 Dist.: 52 Dist.: 36 53 23 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ R BUSH 2 1 0 0-0 O DANIELS 1 1 0 0-0 D BREES 1 0 0 0-0 A ECHEMANDU 1 1 0 0-0 J COOPER 0 0 1 0-0 V LEACH 1 0 0 0-0 S SHANLE 0 0 1 0-0 E COCHRAN 0 0 1 0-0 F THOMAS 0 0 1 0-0 M WILLIAMS 0 0 1 0-0 S FUJITA 0 0 0 0-1 C BROWN 0 0 1 0-1 W SMITH 0 0 0 0-1 J STINCHCOMB 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ S FUJITA 9 6 3 0-0 D RYANS 10 6 4 0-0 M SIMONEAU 6 3 3 0-0 M GREENWOOD 9 7 2 0-0 J BULLOCKS 5 5 0 0-0 V HUTCHINS 9 7 2 0-0 S SHANLE 5 4 1 0-0 C BROWN 7 7 0 0-0 M BOYKIN 5 4 1 0-0 M WILLIAMS 6 3 3 1-10 H THOMAS 4 3 1 0-0 W DEMPS 4 4 0 0-0 J DAVID 4 3 1 0-0 T JOHNSON 4 3 1 0-0 M MCKENZIE 3 3 0 0-0 D CLARK 3 3 0 0-0 R HARPER 3 3 0 0-0 D FAGGINS 2 2 0 0-0 J COOPER 3 3 0 0-0 F BENNETT 2 2 0 0-0 W SMITH 3 2 1 1-6 A WEAVER 2 2 0 0-0 R WYNN 2 2 0 0-0 E COCHRAN 2 2 0 0-0 K KAESVIHARN 1 1 0 0-0 J ZGONINA 2 1 1 0-0 F THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 N KALU 2 1 1 0-0 A LAKE 1 0 1 0-0 D WYNN 2 1 1 0-0 A OKOYE 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Mike Carey, Umpire-Dan Ferrell, Head Linesman-Kent Payne, Line Judge-Mark Perlman, Field Judge-Buddy Horton, Side Judge-Tom Fincken, Back Judge-Bill Schmitz. Att: 70,780 Time of Game: 3:05</div>
By Ted Dunnam PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer HOUSTON (Ticker) - Andre Johnson caught a 73-yard touchdown passin his return to Houston's lineup, helping lead the HoustonTexans to a 23-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Johnson, who has been out of the lineup since the second week ofthe season with a knee injury, caught six passes for 120 yards,going over 100 yards receiving for the third time this seasonand 16th time in his career. The Texans sealed the win with Kris Brown's 53-yard field goalwith 58 seconds left in the third quarter, giving Houston a20-10 lead. Brown tacked on a 23-yarder to make it 23-10 with1:57 left. Quarterback Matt Schaub also returned from injury and finished21-of-33 for 293 yards and two touchdowns as the Texans (5-5)won their second straight game. "Andre brings a lot of excitment and lifts the level of play outthere for us," Schaub said. "On the touchdown play, we saidlet's do it now because we got the safety to bite the playbefore." Johnson wasn't overly surprised to be so wide open. "Both safeties bit on the run fake and it was there for me,"Johnson said. "It was just great to be out on the field again.Our timing was a little off, but it's not all going to happenin one week." New Orleans scored the game's first points on Olindo Mare's52-yard field goal with 12:09 left in the first quarterfollowing fumble recovery by Scott Fujita. The Texans answered just three plays later when Schaub connectedwith a wide-open Johnson on a 73-yard touchdown reception at10:44 of the opening period for a 7-3 lead. After Saints defensive lineman Will Smith recovered a fumble byTexans running back Adimchinobi Echmandu at the Houston 43-yardline, New Orleans went ahead, 10-7, on Drew Brees' 6-yardtouchdown pass to Devery Henderson at 4:39 of the secondquarter. Brees completed 32-of-48 passes for 275 yards, one touchdown andtwo interceptions. That Saints' lead was short-lived as Houston answered with asix-play, 70-yard drive, culminating in Schaub's 10-yardtouchdown pass to tight end Joel Dreessen for a 14-10 lead. Brown kicked 36-yard field goal with eight seconds left in thehalf for a 17-10 cushion. The Saints committed two first-half turnovers that negatedprobable scores. Those mistakes didn't escape Saints head coach Sean Payton. "You're not going to win a lot of games when you fumble the ballon the 1-yard line, have a dropped ball interception in the redzone, and another deflected interception," Payton said. "If wedon't get that corrected - regardless of the effort and all theother things you might do well throughout the game - thosethings are going to bring you down." New Orleans running back Reggie Bush rushed for just 34 yards on15 attempts, losing two fumbles. "To be honest with you, he had some missed assignments today,"Payton said of Bush. "I thought he had a couple of drops andthe fumble (at the 1-yard line). It wasn't good enough. Heneeds to play better and we'll look at the tape." Bush thought he was down before the ball came loose. "I thought it was a bad call," Bush said. "I haven't seen thetape yet, but I honestly felt like it was way after the play,and they pulled it out when I was getting up. "We had opportunities to make plays and, for one reason oranother, we had mental errors that really hurt us. All thatadded up ... that's why we lost today. I don't think we're outof it yet, but we have to win out." Houston defensive end Mario Williams, who had six tackles andone sack, downplayed any showdown he might have had with Bush. "We were playing the Saints, not one person," Williams said."When Drew is hot, he's hot. We had to stop the run first andput pressure on their passing game. For me, it's all abouthaving repetitions and being comfortable out there. Then itshows on the field. We played hard and fast today." Brees knows much of the Saints' ongoing woes are self-inflicted. "To walk away with just 10 points is ridiculous," Brees said."In the second half our defense played great and gave us lots ofopportunities. "We just didn't capitalize on any of them. It was verydisappointing." Texans coach Gary Kubiak said he was just happy to have ahealthy Johnson available for the stretch run. "Just his presence on the field is unbelievable," Kubiak said."It was important and very hard for us as coaches, to not onlyhave him but to make sure we played him for about 35 or 40plays. "He's the heart and soul of this franchise, not just the team.He's fought the good fight for a long, long time so it was goodto see him play well today."
