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HOUSTON -- and showed Thursday night that sometimes old guys can shine in what is certainly a young man's league.The 34-year-old Johnson caught two touchdown pa ses from the 40-year-old Ha selbeck, the second for 2 yards in the fourth quarter, to help the beat the 27-20."You get over the age of 30 they kind of count you out," Johnson said. "But we proved to people that we could still play."Released by Houston in March after 12 seasons Brett Cecil Jersey with the team, Johnson had six catches for 77 yards.The (3-2) extended their AFC South winning streak to an NFL-record 16 games.Ha selbeck was filling in for , who mi sed his second straight game with a shoulder injury.Ha selbeck's performance was even more impre sive given the fact that he was battling a bacterial infection that hospitalized him this week. He started feeling ill just before halftime Sunday in a victory over Jacksonville Albert Pujols Jersey and didn't start feeling better until Thursday night."I honestly feel like this isn't even real right now," Ha selbeck said.Coach Chuck Pagano raved about Ha selbeck."He was literally on his deathbed Monday/Tuesday and mustered up enough to come in Wednesday and practice," Pagano said. "He was getting IVs and fighting a virus and the grittiest performance I've seen in a long, long time.", who replaced for Houston (1-4) in the second quarter, threw a pa s up for grabs that was intercepted by with le s than 2 minutes left.Johnson extended the lead to 27-17 with the 2-yard reception with about 10 1/2 minutes left. The intercepted Ha selbeck's pa s in the end zone earlier in that drive, but the play was negated because of defensive holding on . A second penalty, this one for pa s interference gave the a first down at the 1.Mallett got the wind knocked out of him on an illegal hit midway through the second quarter and was replaced by Hoyer. Mallett looked to be OK soon after that, but coach Bill O'Brien stuck with Hoyer. He finished with 312 yards pa sing with two touchdowns. Both of the touchdowns were to rookie and they came on his first two NFL receptions. had 11 receptions for 169 yards for Houston."We're not happy obviously," said. "But we're going to go back to work and figure it out."Foster, who was shaken up in the second quarter but returned after halftime, had 44 yards rushing and 77 yards receiving in his second game back after groin surgery.The opened the second half with a drive capped by 's 3-yard touchdown that made it 20-10. Gore finished with 98 yards rushing.Strong's second Steve Carlton Jersey catch and touchdown came on an 11-yard pa s by Hoyer to get Houston to 20-17 in the third quarter.Hoyer's desperation throw on the last play of the first half that Strong pulled down in a sea of Indianapolis defenders for a 42-yard touchdown strike that cut Paul Goldschmidt Jersey the lead to 13-10. Strong boxed out two defenders and outjumped the others to reel in his first NFL catch.Johnson entered the game without a catch in the last two games after having just one such game in his entire career in Houston. The made sure that wouldn't happen again Thursday night, going to him early. He drew boos from the home crowd when he grabbed a 23-yard reception late in the first quarter. Two plays later, he scored his first touchdown of the season when he was wide open in the back of the end zone for 4-yard reception that made it 10-0."When I would be on the sidelines a lot of the fans were screaming, 'Andre we still love you! Come back to Houston! Welcome home!'" Johnson said. "So that was probably the most special thing."Mallett was shaken up when received a penalty for roughing the Dexter Fowler Jersey pa ser when he crashed his helmet into the quarterback's chest with about seven minutes left in the second quarter. Mallett appeared to struggle to catch his breath and was replaced by . He was tended to by trainers for a couple of minutes after leaving the game, but soon put his helmet back on and stood near coach O'Brien.Hoyer finally got Houston's offense going and the cut it to 13-3 on 's 36-yard field goal.Mallett looked good early, helping the into the red zone. But then Foster deflected a pa s and Adams intercepted it. The took a 3-0 lead with a 48-yard field goal on the ensuing drive.Copyright 2015 by The A sociated Pre s |
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