DeAndre, you shouldn't expect to catch more than about 40 passes in 2020. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...-agency-draft-cba-fmia-peter-king/?cid=fmiatw File This Under You Never Know It might be just pre-draft chatter, but two teams over the weekend told me to watch Houston and DeAndre Hopkins, who has three years and a reasonable $40 million left on his contract, and who’d cause only a $3-million cap hit to the Texans if they traded him. Houston is currently in draft hell, without a top-50 pick in 2020 and 2021, and coach Bill O’Brien has huge needs to fill on his offensive line, in the secondary and overall youth on the front seven; J.J. Watt and Whitney Mercilus will play this year at 31 and 30. What could hurt O’Brien if he’s serious about moving Hopkins is he’ll play this year at 28, and he wasn’t as explosive last year as he’d been . . . and the fact that this is one of the best years in history for wideouts in the draft. How tempting Hopkins would be, though, to teams with cap money. The Patriots, at 23, would be a fascinating match (they might need a mid- or late-round pick back with Hopkins), or the Niners at 31, Giants at 36 or Dolphins at 39. Houston’s need across the roster is big, and it’d take a big pick to pry Hopkins. Over the last three years, Hopkins has 15 more catches, 14 more touchdowns and 12 fewer dropped passes than the great Julio Jones. Pretty tempting to consider. ... Above, I wrote about the possibility of the Houston Texans moving wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins before the draft. If a team trades for Hopkins, what is that team getting, exactly? Hopkins had an all-time-great season for a wide receiver in 2018, with 115 catches and zero drops—believed to be the highest catch total with no drops in NFL history. Though he had six drops and 104 catches in 2019, Pro Football Focus still rated his season the third-best among NFL receivers. But his productivity wasn’t as explosive in 2019. Comparing his average game in 2017/2018 to his average game in 2019: Losing 2.8 yards per catch in 2019 versus his previous two seasons is significant.
I’d say the odds of us trading D-Hop are lower than the odds of Yankees fans NOT booing and harassing the hell out of the Astros when they visit NY. That’s gonna happen. The Texans trading Hop is not gonna happen. IMO, biggest reason for any “drop off” last season was the addition of Kenny Stills as a legit home run threat. Stills was healthy all year, whereas in 2018, with no Stills, Fuller was out with an ACL tear, so Hop had to be the home run threat. Hopkins is just as good as he was in 2018 and would put up similar numbers in 2020 if he didn’t have Stills to mitigate Fuller’s inevitable injuries.
Unless they decide to blow it up and start over. Sign Watson and Tunsil to a long term deal and cut watt
Hop is almost a guarantee when you throw it his way and he never gets hurt. OB better wake tf up. Can’t trade your franchise qb’s best weapon.
Best interest of the team Brian. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/te...Hopkins-trade-rumors-free-agency-15134054.php If the Texans are going to trade Hopkins, the primary issue would be because of money, like Hopkins trying to get a new deal going into his eighth season. In 2017, Hopkins signed a five-year, $81 million extension that included $49 million guaranteed, most in NFL history for a receiver. Hopkins’ base salary this year is $12.5 million and increases to $13.5 million in 2021 and $13.915 million in 2022, the last year of his contract. There’s no way coach Bill O’Brien, who’s in his first official year as general manager, is going to re-do a contract with three years left on it. That would set a bad precedent. If Hopkins’ contract is the issue, he could, indeed, be traded. The Texans would have to get a receiver in the deal, sign a veteran free agent or make that position a priority in the draft. Or they could sign a free agent and use a second- or third-round pick on a receiver in a deep draft for them. The Texans also could be looking for a running back and draft choices in a Hopkins trade. They need to find a replacement for Carlos Hyde, who’s not expected to be re-signed. In the past, teams inquired about Hopkins, including New England, but the Texans weren’t interested in trading him. Perhaps Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick is interested in Hopkins again to help him entice quarterback Tom Brady to return to New England. If the Texans are interested in dealing Hopkins, there should be a lot of interest. He’s been remarkedly durable during his first seven seasons. He turns 28 in June and is coming off a season in which he caught 104 passes for 1,165 yards (11.2 average) and seven touchdowns. He was voted First-Team All-Pro for the second consecutive season and made another Pro Bowl. If a trade is going to happen, it could be before the start of free agency at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Call me dubious... I'm not saying the OL couldn't use an upgrade - but it's no longer listed under "big needs," is it? Extending Tunsil is a big need - but the idea of stockpiling draft picks doesn't in any way move the bar on Tunsil's deal. Now, having said all that... the idea of moving Hopkins is - given the situation the Texans have created for themselves - interesting and if there's *any* truth to it, at least shows the team is legitimately considering all options, which is good.
Man this Coronavirus has people doing anything to get clicks or get some sports news going wouldn’t be surprised if this is all over ESPN with Hopkins. Shame.
And he's not a diva or headcase and you never have to worry about him outside the field. That's rare from a top receiver.
