Andre Johnson's Surgery Highlights Giant Flaw of Houston Texans' Offseason Moves

The Houston Texans made a costly error this offseason by not adding a high-quality receiver. Andre Johnson's latest surgery crashes us into this unavoidable conclusion. 

As PFT's Josh Alper reported, the Texans' star wideout had "arthroscopic surgery on his left knee a couple of weeks ago." The surgery was apparently to repair a hyper-extended knee, and should be nothing that limits Johnson for the upcoming season. 

HoustonTexans.com's Nick Scurfield points out that Johnson certainly doesn't seemed worried about it.

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Andre Johnson said he hyperextended his knee last season at Jacksonville. Called it "nothing to panic about." #Texans

— Nick Scurfield (@NickScurfield) May 21, 2012"

However, what should be sending a slightly panicked chill over Texans fans is that this is Johnson's third surgery in about a year. 

He had his ankle operated on last offseason, a procedure to his hamstring during this past season and now this one on his knee. 

The writing is on the wall—the 30-year-old Johnson is becoming increasingly injury prone.

He has missed 12 regular season games in the past two years. And that came after he played in all 16 regular season games in five of his first seven seasons. He missed just a total of 10 games in that span. 

The chances that he will reverse this trend after all of these surgeries and be healthy for a full season are about as good as winning Power Ball. And the Texans are ill-prepared to come even close to replacing his production at WR. 

They had this problem last season, and they did nothing to address it. They have Kevin Walter, who is a nice player, but he just has no business being a No. 1 WR. 

They drafted Ohio State WR DeVier Posey in the third round, and Michigan State wideout Keshawn Martin in the fourth. And while both players might develop into good pros, there is next to zero chance that they will be capable of leading this receiving group as rookies should Johnson suffer an injury.

And here is the most baffling part of all; The Texans did not bring in one receiver in free agency. They let Jacoby Jones be signed away, which is understandable, but they should have made signing a reliable and talented veteran WR a top priority. 

They are going to need one this season when Andre Johnson suffers what is an almost inevitable injury.

This is a talented team with Super Bowl potential. They should not have let an easily correctable  liability compromise what could be a magical season.