It all started with a season ending injury to Hunter Henry. After Henry went down for the count, we all threw Antonio Gates’ name out there as the option that we should go with. It only made sense. I bet it was the plan for a long time to sign Gates after the end of the preseason and get him onto the field for week 1 of the season.
Antonio Gates usually has a pretty good offseason plan and he will have no problem getting back on the field immediately. Now we will just have to see how much more signs of aging will Gates have when he steps on the field.