HOUSTON (CBS HOUSTON) – The Texans defense saw the return of one of their leaders during their Sunday win over the New Orleans Saints, and Kareem Jackson didn’t miss a beat fitting right in.

Jackson, who had missed three games with an ankle injury, rattled off four tackles, a tackle for a loss, a pass deflection, and an interception.

It almost looked like he was taking the interception from wire to wire after he picked off Drew Brees on the one-yard line and being encouraged to get up and run by Andre Hal.

“Kinda going through my head when I made the first couple of guys miss,” said Jackson. “Kind of got in the open field, and then kind of ran into Clowney. Just happy I was able to make a play there.”

Jackson may blame Jadeveon Clowney, but the big man said he was just trying to help.

“I don’t think so,” said Clowney when asked if he kept Jackon from scoring. “I was looking back like ‘they closing in on you Kareem, come on!’ I didn’t know if I was going to block back or go and block in front of me, but they were closing in on him fast.”

Hal was happy to add the veteran back to the team this week.

“Thank God we’ve got Kareem back. Great player, hell of a player, and he made a hell of a play.”

It felt great for Jackson to contribute after sitting out for so long.

“Get back out there in the mix, and to be a piece of the puzzle today to help the guys out. For us as a defense, as a team, to go out there and get the win was definitely big for us.”

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