{"id":142042,"date":"2023-06-08T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=142042"},"modified":"2023-06-10T04:03:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T08:03:17","slug":"deandre-hopkins-opportunity-dwindle__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/06\/08\/deandre-hopkins-opportunity-dwindle__trashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Is DeAndre Hopkins Seeing Opportunity Dwindle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Arizona Cardinals fans lamented the departure of DeAndre Hopkins, NFL teams are seeing something else. The Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, New York Jets, and Jacksonville Jaguars have made clear this the high-maintenance, low-return receiver is not in their plans. Only the New England Patriots have said publicly they might consider Hopkins, and the Tennessee Titans are currently the only team to officially bring him in for a visit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The one-time bargain from the Houst<\/span>on Texans wore out another welcome in Arizona. Now for the second time in three years, Hopkins is moving on to another team. The Cardinals, who could not find one willing trade partner<\/a>, cut bait on D-Hop. <\/span>Nothing gained, nothing really lost.<\/span><\/p>\n

DeAndre Hopkins Became a Player the Cardinals Could Do Without<\/h2>\n

Fans in Arizona had come to embrace Hopkins. Several players in the league love how he plays the game with reckless abandon. A take no prisoners kind or receiver who seemed capable of making the uncatchable, a dazzling completion. He made Kyler Murray look good by rescuing a few errant passes with his brand of acrobatics. He was \u201cold-school\u201d. A throwback to a time when players made their own deals and got rid of the middleman. DeAndre Hopkins managed to extract $54.5 million in a new deal from the Cardinals without the benefit of an agent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hopkins did not endear himself to the rank and file in Arizona. After finding a way out, the talented malcontent wasted no time in stating his favorite quarterbacks. These are the quarterbacks for teams no longer interested. As if that was not enough, he also name-dropped the franchises he would love to play for, noting everything from stability at the top of the organization, to a quarterback who could pull it all together. No Cardinals were ever mentioned in the mix of his latest wish list.<\/span><\/p>\n

New GM Monti Ossenfort is learning the hard way. Talent aside, Arizona had no chance to get better with a singular ego bigger than the team. Hopkins was about Hopkins, and whatever worked for him didn\u2019t have to work for the Cardinals. In the end, was all about everywhere else he wanted to play and who he wanted to play with.<\/span><\/p>\n

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More sideline arguments on the #Cardinals<\/a> sideline with Kyler Murray.pic.twitter.com\/5jiJyC3zZ0<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n