Johnson, who starred at wide receiver for the Texans from 2003 through 2014, suited up against a Smith-coached Bears squad three times. Houston won each of those contests, and Johnson caught a combined 16 passes for 214 yards and a pair of scores. He stood out to Smith.
“A special player,” Smith said. “As a defensive coach, you knew that you had to know where he is and the offense was going to go through him. There’s only so much you can do to help a corner out. He’s a tough guy.”
As tough as he was to defend on the field, Johnson and Smith have connected smoothly off it a decade later.
“Since he’s gotten the head coaching job, we’ve had a great relationship,” Johnson said. “I could always reach out to him. He always can reach out to me. So I’m excited about where the organization is headed.”
Joining Johnson at Tuesday’s practice were former Texans Wade Smith, Chester Pitts, Kailee Wong, Fred Weary, Amobi Okoye, Earl Mitchell, Tim Jamison, Jonathan Wells and Mike Quinn.
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