One of the league’s high wideouts in Cardinals’ DeAndre Hopkins could possibly be moved for dimes on the greenback this offseason — who’s going to chew?
Arizona Cardinals wideout DeAndre Hopkins has been loitering on the trade block for weeks now, patiently ready for the fitting staff to return alongside and provides Arizona a suggestion the staff can’t refuse.
Such a suggestion wouldn’t take a lot in any respect. Per earlier reports from the NFL Combine, the Cardinals have been trying for one thing within the “second-rounder” vary for DHop.
Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer confirmed this in a wrap-up trade compensation article on Saturday saying that Arizona is asking for one thing much like what the Houston Texans acquired for Hopkins again in 2019: a second-rounder plus “something else of value.”
Could that “something else” be a conditional choose? A mid-level starter? The Cardinals are clearly preserving an open thoughts to a possible Hopkins trade, understanding that shifting Hopkins now’s harder than again then given the veteran’s age and damage historical past.
After Arizona head coach Jonathan Gannon’s feedback on Hopkins’ cloudy future, the door is broad open for a Hopkins exit in Arizona with the one query being which staff will need to take a low-risk, high-reward gamble on him.
DeAndre Hopkins trade would solely require a second-rounder and “something else”
The 31-year-old wideout might not be sturdy sufficient to function a staff’s go-to high wideout for a whole season, but so long as he will get a manageable workload, he can lower by opposing defenses as a razor-sharp deep risk and massive play machine.
Breer provides that the thought of Hopkins becoming a member of the New York Jets to play with Aaron Rodgers could possibly be “fun”; he additionally initiatives Hopkins to be a tricky and gritty veteran possibility for the receiver-needy Baltimore Ravens.
Where does Hopkins himself need to play? Hopkins generated some controversy in latest weeks when he appeared on ex-Cowboy Dez Bryant’s live stream. Yet not too way back the Cowboys dealt former wideout Amari Cooper for a couple of fifth-rounders, bringing into query their sense of worth on the subject of broad receiver trades.
Other doable touchdown spots embody the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots. At this level in his profession, Hopkins makes out to be a bargain-bin model of the a lot pricier Odell Beckham Jr. and will very nicely flip contenders into champions in 2023.
