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DeAndre Hopkins’ cryptic tweet after Deshaun Watson trade news may be trolling Texans

Hmmm.

Deshaun Watson isn’t the only one who can send cryptic tweets.

His former Houston Texans teammate DeAndre Hopkins sent one on Thursday, although it seems pretty obvious to me and everyone else what it means.

It’s been weeks since Hopkins weighed in on Texans great Andre Johnson urging Watson to force a trade. On Thursday, with news that the quarterback was indeed requesting to be dealt by Houston, the now-Cardinals receiver sent a tweet with a GIF of falling dominoes.

You think that could be about everything crumbling in Houston after the Texans dealt Hopkins, fired Bill O’Brien and heard Watson wants out?

Yup.

Hopkins was also on an NFL Pro Bowl Verzuz with Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey and called Watson “the ex-Texan,” leading to Ramsey saying, “Y’all know where he’s gonna be next year.”

Amazing.

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Could the Cardinals make a trade for WR DeAndre Hopkins?

They need a receiver and his contract is reasonable for the next three seasons.

The Arizona Cardinals could make a splash in the offseason at wide receiver. Peter King believes the Houston Texans could trade star wideout DeAndre Hopkins.

He has $40 million left on his contract for three seasons and the Texans would only take on $3 million in dead money.

Could the Cardinals make a deal for him?

He has a cap hit of $12.5 million in 2020, $13.5 million in 2021 and $13.9 million in 2022.

What could a possible deal for Hopkins be?

What if the Cardinals sent Houston running back David Johnson and two draft picks, such as a second-round pick and a fourth-round pick?

The Texans could need a running back, as Carlos Hyde could leave in free agency. They need draft capital. The Cardinals need a top receiver.

They could draft CeeDee Lamb in the first round, whom Cardinals general manager Steve Keim has compared to Hopkins. Why not get the actual Hopkins?

Of course, then the Cardinals would only have four selections in the draft.

But they would have saved more than $8 million in cap space in dealing Johnson, meaning acquiring Hopkins would only cost about $4.5 million more in cap space than the Cardinals now have.

Could the Cardinals make that deal? Would the Texans be smart in taking it?

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Ep. 261

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Ep. 260

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