Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White is playing down is matchup with Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins all this week.
Hopkins gave White plenty of reason to do the opposite.
In a since-deleted post on his social media, Hopkins posted a photo of him scoring a touchdown with White in coverage during the Bills-Texans 2018 meeting. The caption read “2020 mood.”
While deleted, The Bills Wire’s Bradley Gelber took a screen grab of the now-deleted post:
O wow. It’s like that… 👀 #Bills pic.twitter.com/d9tHHCzttl
— Bradley Gelber (@BradleyGelber) January 1, 2020
While not a direct knock at White, it seems pretty clear what Hopkins was getting at. The catch he made on White was an incredible one to say the least, so Hopkins certainly remembers it. White probably does as well.
Regardless of all that, the Bills’ No. 1 cornerback had little to say about the post this weekend.
“I don’t know. Nothing. Just try to go out and play my game,” White told reporters Thursday.
In addition, White also completely downplayed any one-on-one matchup between him and Hopkins.
“I don’t think it’s going to be a one-on-one matchup. I mean, because, there’s 11 guys on the field,” White said. “Whenever he comes to the left side I have to be on my game and when he lines up on the right, Kevin (Johnson) will have to be on his best game. It’s going to take all 11 of us to try and limit him.”
As a top competitor, White likely had some fire burning in his stomach over Hopkins’ comments. But it appears he’s taking the high road in an effort to keep his mind right and focused on the task at hand, a mature and smart move by the third-year pro.
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