After losing to the Silver & Black on Sunday, the Houston Texans sat under a dark cloud with a silver lining on Monday.
OLB Mario Williams, the No. 1 pick of the 2006 draft and the franchise's all-time leader in sacks (53), will miss the rest of the season with a torn pectoral (chest) muscle that requires surgery. On the (slightly) brighter side, WR Andre Johnson plans to test his injured hamstring in practice this week even if he's not quite ready to return to action per the Houston Chronicle's John McClain.
"I feel so bad for Mario because he's been such a heck of a player," said coach Gary Kubiak.
"I've never seen him so upbeat about what was going on. And then to lose him on a freak play, it doesn't look like much at all. I'm disappointed for Mario."
Williams, who'd made a seemingly successful transition from defensive end to linebacker in new DC Wade Phillips' 3-4 defense, was hurt Sunday.
Williams had five sacks in this season's first five games. He will be a free agent in 2012, though it's hard to envision the Texans letting him get away via free agency.
Rookie OLB Brooks Reed will probably take Williams' spot in the lineup.
Johnson came up lame in Week 4, and early estimates had him missing 2-3 weeks.
"As of right now, the soreness has went away, his rehab has picked up, so we'll see where he's at each day," said Kubiak.
Houston plays in Baltimore on Sunday.
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