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DeAndre Hopkins’ wants Cardinals fans to show Patriots CB Stephon Gilmore love

He was back on social media suggesting the Cardinals should add another start player to the team.

New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore is currently holding out of the team’s mandatory minicamp with a contract dispute. On more than one occasion, he has been connected to the Arizona Cardinals as a potential trade destination.

Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who has been a recruiter for the team on social media this offseason, wants Cardinals fans to give Gilmore some love, possibly motivating a move to bring him to the desert.

As he did with defensive end J.J. Watt after he was released by the Houston Texans and with receiver Julio Jones when he was on the trading block with the Atlanta Falcons, Hopkins has taken to social media suggesting they should join him in Arizona.

This is the latest from his Instagram account:

Hopkins calls Gilmore, a fellow native of South Carolina, the best cornerback in the game. He tells the Red Sea — Cardinals fans — to show him “it’s love.”

Gilmore, who will be 31 this season, enters the final year of his contract and will make $7 million. He wants a contract extension.

The Cardinals don’t necessarily have a void at cornerback right now, as they have Byron Murphy, they signed Malcolm Butler and Darqueze Dennard and get Robert Alford back from injury.

However, he would immediately be the best player in the room.

He did miss six games last season, but he was the league’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2019.

Because he is seeking more money, the Cardinals could probably acquire him for not too much — perhaps a second-round draft pick, although they would have to pay him as well.

But adding a player of Gilmore’s caliber to the defense would potentially make Arizona one of the best defenses in the league.

Considering they did not actively pursue Jones before he was traded to the Tennessee Titans, I would not expect the Cardinals to heavily pursue Gilmore. However, it is clear Hopkins would love to have him as a teammate.

And if Hopkins wants something, the team should at least look into it.

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Patrick Mahomes cites lapse of judgment in contact with Stephon Gilmore

Patrick Mahomes had contact with Stephon Gilmore, who is COVID-19 positive, after Monday’s Chiefs win.

Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes blamed himself Wednesday for having contact with New England Patriots DB Stephon Gilmore, who has tested positive for COVID-19.

The stars got together on the field Monday after Kansas City defeated New England Monday.

“It’s a different time. I think that’s the biggest thing,” Mahomes said. “We knew that coming into the season. If you thought you were going to go through the entire season and no one was going to test positive, then you had a little bit of false hope.

“You just trust that the protocols in place are the right protocols. Like I said obviously with Brittany being pregnant I try to do whatever I can to social distance and stay away. It’s being available for the team, but even more for me just keeping my family safe. I just do my best part to stay socially distant. That little lapse at the end of the game. Just trying to show respect to a great football player who I hope is getting better very quickly. I’ll try to keep away from that and try not to do it again.

“I just try to do my best, especially after finding out Jordan (practice squad QB Ta’amu) was positive.”

The impact hit home for Mahomes, whose fiancee Brittany Matthews is pregnant.

Mahomes still slept in a bedroom apart from Matthews, for the first couple of nights — until results of his own tests came back negative, per ESPN.