DENVER - An emotional day ended precisely the way Texans wide receiver Demaryius Thomas had hoped for.
Sprinting off the field into the visitors' locker room, a joyful Thomas celebrated an unconventional homecoming with a 19-17 win over his old team. Traded to the Texans from the Denver Broncos last Tuesday. Thomas caught all three passes thrown to him for 61 yards.
“I think that was the fastest I ran all day,"Thomas said. "I ran inside. We got that ‘W’ and I was excited.”
Traded for a fourth-round draft pick in the middle of his ninth season in Denver, the five-time Pro Bowl selection had a lot of feelings attached to this game.