Texans Training Camp: First Impressions

NEWS FLASH: Mario Williams is pretty good. (photo by J. Phillips/AP)

The first weekend of training camp is in the books. Here's the latest:

Andre Johnson is still on the field. Everyone was skeptical how he'd fare following his knee surgery once the pads came on. Judging from what I've read and seen, he's fine.

Chris Brown is a family man. Tell whoever got married they picked a helluva day. Kubiak was fine with it, though. I mean, you can't get injured on the first day of training camp if you're not there right?

Duane Brown is "overweight." (BRB broke this one). I love when coaches tell reporters that so-and-so lineman reported to camp overweight. They're all overweight, dammit. Some just aren't in shape. I can tell you Duane Brown's problem right now. It's the same as Amobi's last year around this time and he turned out fine. It's Houston. The guy's been playin in Virginia the past couple of years and then all of the sudden he's running windsprints in a sauna. If you don't think that's the case, consider this: You don't hear Frank Okam whining, and he's even bigger. Okam's just used to it by now.

Andre Johnson awed all in attendance with an 80-yard over the shoulder grab the first day of camp. Then everyone remembered he was running against the Texan's secondary. It's still impressive, mainly because it proves that Schaub and Dre still have a little chemistry. But burning the Texans secondary is like hitting a home run off an Astros pitcher....(insert astros cheap shot here). I haven't seen enough of Jacques to determine whether or not he'll be siginificantly upgrading our cornerback position, so I'll be keeping an eye on that. I have heard good things about Molden however.

NEWS FLASH: Mario Williams is pretty good. And everyone from the Chronicle has decided to jump on the Texans bandwagon. Welcome aboard, guys. Megan, you're seated first class, John, coach, and Richard...pick a seat near an emergency exit. We all know you'll be the first to jump off.

That's all for now. I might jump on later to add-on. Any excuse to use my new comp, eh?