Jason Wilde covers the Green Bay Packers for ESPN Wisconsin.

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Jordy Nelson says he was legitimately trying to help. Apparently, someone on the Houston Texans bench wasn’t a big fan of the Green Bay Packers wide receiver’s good Samaritan act -- at least, not initially.

With just over 8 minutes left in what ended up being a 21-13 Packers victory Sunday, Nelson caught a pass down the right sideline from quarterback Aaron Rodgers, then ducked just enough to turn what could have been a crushing helmet-to-helmet hit into a glancing blow from Texans safety Corey Moore, who came flying in a split-second after the ball arrived.

While Nelson celebrated with a demonstrative first-down motion, Moore was slow to get up, then bent over with his hands on his knees while Nelson flipped the ball to the official. Before making his way back to the Packers’ huddle, Nelson pointed at Moore, motioning that the Texans medical staff should examine him. That riled up at least one of the bystanders on the Texans sideline, according to Rodgers.

“I’ll tell you exactly what happened, from [Nelson],” Rodgers explained in his postgame press briefing. “[Nelson] said he took a helmet-to-helmet shot and then [Moore] was kind of hunched over. So he had just told the medical staff, ‘Hey check him out. He looks like he’s a little woozy.’”

Rodgers said someone then “started yelling obscenities to [Nelson], and he said he was trying to help. And then he kept yelling obscenities to him.” Rodgers then predicted with a smile that Nelson “probably didn’t say any obscenities back. I would have, but he’s a little more restrained.”

Asked following Rodgers’ comments about the incident, Nelson clarified that it wasn’t Moore who was yelling profanities. (TV replays showed Moore was in no shape to be shouting at Nelson; among the Texans players in the vicinity were nose tackle Vince Wilfork, defensive end Joel Heath and linebacker Brian Peters.)

“It felt somewhat helmet-to-helmet. When I found [Moore], it looked like he was wobbly a little bit so I was just pointing like, ‘Check him out,’ because I knew what it felt like,” said Nelson, who caught a 28-yard pass four plays later, leading to the Packers’ final touchdown. “I was afraid to get up for a second [after the hit] because you feel it and then you’re like, ‘OK, I’m good.’ I saw him wobbly.”

Nelson wouldn’t say which player was cursing at him from the sideline but that he did speak to that player after the game to clear the air.

“I actually talked to him afterward and explained what I was doing,” Nelson said. “He was like, ‘Yeah, [Moore] was a little woozy.’”

Rodgers said he had a sideline chat with Moore earlier in the game, after Moore shoved Packers wide receiver/punt returner Randall Cobb out of bounds on the Packers’ sideline and veteran Julius Peppers took exception. Rodgers said he might’ve inadvertently offended Moore as he intervened to keep Peppers from confronting Moore.

“I was just surprised by his voice. He’s got a Ron Zook-type voice,” Rodgers said, referring to the Packers special teams coordinator’s gravelly, slightly high-pitched voice. “I didn’t realize that. So he comes over, he rocks Randall on the sidelines, he kind of stands there. Peppers was coming over. So I was just getting them back on the field -- he wasn’t talking any trash to me -- but [he] was talking and it sounded like maybe he was sick. So I just asked him what happened to his voice and then he said, ‘This is how I talk.’

“I felt bad. I wasn’t trying to make fun of him. I just thought maybe he was sick or something.”

Rodgers said that with a smirk before adding, “But no, it was a lot of respect out there. I have no problem with those guys.”