Post by Zig on Mar 10, 2015 9:18:50 GMT -5
Reports: Andre Johnson, Patriots show mutual interest
It seems like almost every offseason the Patriots give a veteran free-agent wide receiver one last shot to see what he has left. It's been a conga line of mixed results with relative successes, failures and everything in between.
Now there's a new name on the market . . . and, apparently, there's mutual interest.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Patriots might be thinking about where former Texans receiver Andre Johnson might land on that spectrum. In a conversation with WEEI's Dennis and Callahan Show, Schefter said he thought that New England would be one of the team's interested in Johnson's services now that the receiver has been granted his release from Houston.
And ESPN.com's Terry Blount says on Twitter that Johnson's brother Tweeted that the Pats are one of four teams -- the Seahawks, Colts and Packers being the others -- that the wide receiver would like to sign with.
The 6-foot-3, 219-pounder has been one of the game's most effective over the course of the last decade. He's been named to seven Pro Bowls in his career and recognized as an All-Pro four different times.
Last season, at 33 years old, Johnson brought in 85 passes for 936 yards and three touchdowns as the Texans worked to find some consistency at the quarterback position.
Johnson has missed just one game in the last three seasons and for his career he's compiled 1,012 catches for 13,597 yards and 64 scores. In terms of receptions and receiving yards, Reggie Wayne is the only active player to have better numbers than the 12-year veteran. (Wayne will not be re-signed by the Colts for the 2015 season, and he is reportedly exploring other options.)
Johnson is not the same athlete he was at the height of his career, but his size and his hands would continue to make him a formidable threat in the red zone. He also has a year under his belt with Texans coach Bill O'Brien's offense so he could be a quick study in New England.
www.csnne.com/blog/patriots-talk/reports-andre-johnson-patriots-show-mutual-interest
It seems like almost every offseason the Patriots give a veteran free-agent wide receiver one last shot to see what he has left. It's been a conga line of mixed results with relative successes, failures and everything in between.
Now there's a new name on the market . . . and, apparently, there's mutual interest.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Patriots might be thinking about where former Texans receiver Andre Johnson might land on that spectrum. In a conversation with WEEI's Dennis and Callahan Show, Schefter said he thought that New England would be one of the team's interested in Johnson's services now that the receiver has been granted his release from Houston.
And ESPN.com's Terry Blount says on Twitter that Johnson's brother Tweeted that the Pats are one of four teams -- the Seahawks, Colts and Packers being the others -- that the wide receiver would like to sign with.
The 6-foot-3, 219-pounder has been one of the game's most effective over the course of the last decade. He's been named to seven Pro Bowls in his career and recognized as an All-Pro four different times.
Last season, at 33 years old, Johnson brought in 85 passes for 936 yards and three touchdowns as the Texans worked to find some consistency at the quarterback position.
Johnson has missed just one game in the last three seasons and for his career he's compiled 1,012 catches for 13,597 yards and 64 scores. In terms of receptions and receiving yards, Reggie Wayne is the only active player to have better numbers than the 12-year veteran. (Wayne will not be re-signed by the Colts for the 2015 season, and he is reportedly exploring other options.)
Johnson is not the same athlete he was at the height of his career, but his size and his hands would continue to make him a formidable threat in the red zone. He also has a year under his belt with Texans coach Bill O'Brien's offense so he could be a quick study in New England.
www.csnne.com/blog/patriots-talk/reports-andre-johnson-patriots-show-mutual-interest
