Old-Ass Andre Johnson will be released if Texans can't trade him

[Dante84]

Report: Andre Johnson will be released if Texans can’t find trade partner

One of the standout wide receivers of his generation is set to leave Houston.

According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans are allowing Andre Johnson to seek a trade. If Johnson is not dealt, he will be released, the Chronicle reported.

According to the Chronicle, the Texans told Johnson he would have a lesser role in 2015, which led him to ask for his departure from Houston.

Johnson is slated to make $10 million in salary in 2015, per NFLPA data.

The No. 3 overall pick in the 2003 draft, Johnson has played his entire 12-season career with Houston, catching 1,012 passes for 13,597 yards and 64 TDs. He has made seven Pro Bowls.

While Johnson turns 34 in July, he should nonetheless appeal to clubs looking to add a proven veteran presence to their receiving corps. He caught 85 passes for 936 yards and three TDs in 2014.

A Miami (Fla.) product, Johnson quietly starred on a string of mediocre-to-poor Texans teams early in his career. The franchise finally made the playoffs in 2012, his ninth NFL campaign.

If Johnson’s Texans career is indeed at an end, he will leave having caught 10 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown in his final game with the club, a 23-17 victory over Jacksonville in December. Though the Texans took care of business in the season finale, they fell just short of the playoffs. In many ways, it was an apt end to Johnson’s run in Houston — the star wide receiver doing his job well while the franchise fell just short in the end.

With Johnson likely gone, third-year wideout DeAndre Hopkins will become the Texans’ go-to receiver, a role he’s probably ready to assume.

Nevertheless, it will be jarring to see Andre Johnson, one of the Texans’ all-time greats now and forever, playing for someone else.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

No reason we can't see how many games we're capable of winning on our way there.

Yeah man! We could win as many as 9 or 10 with our limp dick QB and broke dick WR!

[Chiefshrink]

Andre "I can't stay on the field consistently" Johnson at least until last year.

Helluva talent but always soft and now very old.

[Beef Supreme]

He can still beat Finnegan's ass!

[mcaj22]

All this came about after a meeting between Johnson and head coach Bill O'Brien, during which O'Brien reportedly told the aging star receiver that his role in the offense would be significantly reduced in the coming season. Johnson spoke candidly about the meeting to the Chronicle:

"People try to picture it the way they want to picture it, saying that I asked for a trade (but), there's a reason I asked for a trade," he said. "I think if anybody else was in my situation they would have done the same thing I did.

"I don't know how you tell a guy who catches 85 balls that he'll only probably catch 40. I feel like the role they were trying to put me in I'd be held back from maximizing my talents. I feel like that was the best thing for both sides.

"Why sit there and be miserable when I can go somewhere else and be able to show my talents."

http://deadspin.com/andre-johnson-is...ans-1689135448


Patriots Frauds still got those massive egos.

[CoMoChief]

Hell go to the Saints or Lions and Brees or Stafford will put up 5000 yds passing.

[thabear04]

Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet

He can still beat Finnegan's ass!

[Discuss Thrower]

He's going to play for Indianapolis.

[Titty Meat]

3 different teams are willing to pay him 10 mil this year.

[Mile High Mania]

If I'm the Raiders... with all that cap space, all those needs and you have that young QB with no real consistent playmakers around him, I'd make a trade for Johnson and restructure the deal to make it fit better for 3-4 years.

Then, I'd go sign Julius Thomas and make a serious play for CJ Spiller.

Oakland has a ton of issues, but adding those 3 offensive players could really change things for them on a positive note.