NFL notes ? Receiver sidelined with mild strain.
Houston Texans receiver Andre Johnson says he?ll miss "a week or so" after a minor groin injury in the team?s second morning practice.
Johnson fell awkwardly running a route on Sunday morning 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."
Johnson sat out three to four weeks after his knee surgery in May, and he turned 31 in July. After playing in all 16 games in 2008 and ?09, Johnson sat out three games late in 2010 with a sprained right ankle. Last year, he hurt his right hamstring against Pittsburgh in October then hurt his left hamstring against Atlanta in December.
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Rams ? Saint Louis agreed to terms with defensive end Chris Long on a four-year contract extension through the 2016 season. The 27-year-old Long was seventh in the NFL with 13 sacks last year, topping his previous best of 81/2 sacks, 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.
Dolphins ? Miami coach Joe Philbin has confirmed former Pro Bowl receiver Braylon Edwards had a workout last week with the Dolphins. The 29-year-old Edwards caught 15 passes for 181 yards in nine games for San Francisco last season, missing time with knee and shoulder injuries. The 49ers released him the final week of last season.
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