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Originally Posted by barrett
What WRs suffered a drastic fall-off and when did the fall-off occur? This is a serious question and I don't have an answer off the top of my head in either direction. It seems to me at first thought that most WRs stay effective into their mid to late 30s (Wayne was well ahead of AJ at miami and is still a stud). I know some big bodied guys have flamed out earlier (David Boston) and AJ is a big bodied type. But it seems that AJ has a game built on route running and precision that would age well.
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Texans receiver Andre Johnson missed several games earlier this season with a right hamstring injury. He now has an injury to his left hamstring.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...string-injury/
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OH how 'bout one Andre Johnson in 2011, the year he turned 30 ? Inexplicable he had a very injury free season this past year IMS, but I'm fearful that the next couple seasons will be more like 2011 than 2012 ? Hey, but maybe we'll get lucky and he'll compete at or near the highest level until he's 35 ? But on the other hand smart NFL GMs & HCs like astute investors don't leave their fate to good luck, but instead hedge their bets, right ? In the case of Smith & Kubiak that means buying insurance/hedging in the Draft and/or FA.
But of course you are right about Reggie Wayne, he had a very good year and he's like 2 years Andre's senior.