Chris Johnson made a lot of fantasy owners happy Sunday (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
If you just happened to stumble upon this article and wonder what the heck this is about, I suggest going over to Part I for a minute so you can read the intro.
I wouldn't be doing this if the Texans had lost yesterday - I'd still be in my self imposed 48 hour blackout - but I thought it was worthwhile exercise considering all the questions and general lack of explanation about these plays today.
So with no further ado, let's look at the most dubious of Chris Johnson's three TDs against the Texans, the one where Johnson used his super-human powers to become invisible.
TD#2:
Situation: 1:19 mark of the 1st quarter, score tied at 7, Tennessee on their own 31 yard line, 2nd and 4.
The Titans broke the huddle and came out in an I-formation with Hall at fullback in front of Johnson. There were two wide receivers right and a single tight end (Crumpler) left.
The Texans lined up four down linemen, and both corners - Robinson and Bennett - were man up on the receivers on the offensive right side (away from the play).
Collins came up to the line and motioned Crumpler to shift to the offensive right side. When Crumpler shifted, you can hear DeMeco barking out the defensive adjustment which included Cushing following Crumpler. There was also a defensive line shift at the same time, so there was a lot of commotion and apparent confusion caused by this seemingly innocuous shift.
The entire Texans defense was focused on Crumpler and didn't see that Johnson shifted out at the same time to the X receiver slot.
Just before the snap, Zac Diles is looking back at DeMeco as he moves up just outside Mario on the right side. Eugene Wilson, who's about 10 yards deep over the tight end right, can be seen looking back to Dominque Barber and pointing to Crumpler who for some reason seemed to have commanded the attention of the entire Texans defense.
But no one sees Johnson until it's too late and Collins lobbed him the easiest TD pass he'll ever catch.
What made this one bad, besides the obvious embarrassment, was that it was only two plays after a time consuming 14 play drive by the Texans which culminated in Andre Johnson's beautiful fingertip catch for a TD.
How Barber and Diles (or even DeMeco since he was looking that general direction) missed seeing #28 split out is a head scratcher.
I guess what should have happened was that Barber should have come up, leaving Wilson in single deep safety. And while that matchup would still have favored Johnson, the end result would have likely been a first down instead of a 69 yard TD.
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