Houston Texans WR Andre Johnson Doesn't Know if He'll Be a Texan When the Season Starts

Fans of the Houston Texans know the state their team is in, and they know that the team needs all the veteran talent on the roster to climb out of the cellar and back to respectability. With the way things are going there is reason to believe that one key veteran may not be back.

His name? Mr. Andre Johnson.

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Skipping all the off-season activities didn't look good, but it is not unusual for a player to do so. As they get older a lot of them just don't care to go through OTA's or training camp (right Bret Favre?). So while it is not good it is not unusual.

He's also made some comments in the past that have cast a shadow on his future in Houston. Tuesday he did so again while in Oregon for the Nike high school event:

Andre Johnson spoke at @Nike event in Ore. @MarcusSmith_ asked if he’ll be a Texan in Week 1: “I don’t know. I can’t answer that question.”
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 9, 2014

Yeah, those kinds of things are not good to hear, but unless he is willing to retire he does not have a single bargaining chip to use. Johnson is going in to the fifth year of a seven year deal. He's a long way from free agency and well--the Texans do not have to trade him.

He has lost a lot of money by skipping every workout, and should he not report to training camp he is going to lose a lot more. Yes, he has made plenty during his career, but that really isn't a reason to just turn money away if he doesn't have to.

Unless there is more to it than simply not wanting to rebuild Johnson needs to get over it already. Rebuilding sucks, but it is part of the game. No one wants to do it, but sometimes that is just how things are.

So man up and either report to training camp or retire.

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