Earlier in the offseason WR Andre Johnson surprisingly said he wanted a new contract from the Texans. It was such a surprise because he was just three years into an eight-year, $60 million contract that he had signed with the club.
Texans Close To Giving WR Andre Johnson New Contract
Since then, he’s hired an agent (not having one was arguably the reason why he had a bad deal) and was given a deadline of week one of the regular season to get something done.
Per John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, the two sides are “close” to getting something done.
He's scheduled to make a base salary of $5.8 million this season. He said at the start of training camp last week that he wanted to be the highest-paid receiver in the league.
Owner Bob McNair said he expected to have the deal wrapped up in two weeks, but it's not going to take that long, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Wednesday night.
If he's looking to become the highest-paid, then he'll need to hit the $10 million per year average that the elite receivers are getting.
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