Texans’ Johnson to miss time with groin injury

Houston Texans receiver Andre Johnson says he'll miss "a week or so" after suffering a minor groin injury during the team's second morning practice Sunday.

Johnson fell awkwardly running a route and had an MRI exam later in the day that showed a "mild strain."

"It just tightened up on me," the five-time Pro Bowl receiver said. "I had hit the ground pretty hard, stretching out for a ball. That was pretty much it."

Johnson missed nine regular-season games last season with hamstring injuries and was sidelined from the first organized team activities in the spring after arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.

"Nothing that I'm not used to, doing rehab," Johnson said. "It's very frustrating, but it happens, man. I wish I had some control over it. Unfortunately, I don't."

Coach Gary Kubiak said Johnson wanted to continue practicing, but Kubiak took the cautious route. Johnson watched the rest of the outdoor half of the workout with a towel wrapped around his head, then went to Reliant Stadium when the practice moved indoors.

"I felt pretty good, because he wanted to go back out there," Kubiak said Sunday afternoon. "When a guy is telling you that, I don't think it's too bad."

■ RAMS - St. Louis and defensive end Chris Long agreed on a four-year contract extension through the 2016 season before the first practice of training camp.

Long, 27, was seventh in the NFL with 13 sacks last year, topping his previous best of 8½, and had a three-sack game against the Saints.

He had been entering the final year of a six-year, $56.5 million contract he signed after the Rams drafted him No. 2 overall in 2008 out of Virginia. The sixth year was voided after Long met certain incentives.

■ JETS - Darrelle Revis stood on the sideline during practice, his helmet off and speculation rising.

The sight of the New York Jets cornerback not on the field had many fans and media wondering if it was related to his sticky contract situation.

"I knew you were going to bring that up," Revis told reporters after practice. "Come on, now. No. It has nothing to do with that. I'm here. If I wasn't going to be here, I would've held out. That's not the case."

Revis was held out of team drills with tightness in his right hamstring, with the team taking a cautious approach to the health of their best player.

■ COLTS - Andrew Luck drew praise from his first-year coach Chuck Pagano, team owner Jim Irsay and the usually reserved Tony Dungy after his first full-speed workout.

Indianapolis' new franchise quarterback completed 27 of 32 attempts, and made it look easy, too.

"I think that's what impressed me the most, to see the decision-making and the lack of any indecisiveness," said Dungy, the former Colts coach. "He looked like a third- or fourth-year guy in this first practice."

The former Stanford star, drafted first overall, did throw two interceptions, one off a tipped ball. He also overthrew a wide-open Donnie Avery, who got behind two defenders and was sprinting down the sideline.

Given the circumstances, it was still a solid debut. Luck looked relaxed and precise throughout the two-plus-hour workout and showed no sign of being behind after missing so many minicamp workouts. NFL rules do not permit rookies to practice at the team complex, except for a three-day rookie minicamp, until the school's semester ends. It kept Luck away from Indy until early June.