Do the Texans Need to Find a WR This Offseason, and If So, What kind?

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by barrett

Bob is definitely right that the punishment is less at WR than RB and that plays into it, but I don't think that is the main reason for the longer career window.

Of course it's not, every position takes fewer hits, far fewer hits than the RB position does. Bob has of course offered up what's commonly known as a red herring.

Originally Posted by barrett

Andre will slow down but not in a way that keeps him from getting the best of a DB on a deep in (his best route these days). Unless injuries derail him he should perform close to this year's standard for years.

As impress athletically as the average NFL CB is, even say a 25-year-old NFL CB, chances are he's not as impressive athletically as a 31-year-old Andre Johnson. That's why Andre is a world-class athlete, because even at his age, on average he has a margin of athletic superiority over a younger competitor. But given the correlation between age and declining athleticism that margin always continues to recede, sometimes quickly, sometimes even at an exponential rate.