DeAndre Hopkins Is A Free Agent & Reportedly Wants Salary Like This
DeAndre Hopkins Is A Free Agent & Reportedly Wants Salary Like This. The finest NFL free agent available right now is DeAndre Hopkins, and if the seasoned wide receiver gets his way, the team that signs him won’t get much for their money.
The finest NFL free agent available right now is DeAndre Hopkins, and if the seasoned wide receiver gets his way, the team that signs him won’t get much for their money.
After being released by the Arizona Cardinals two weeks ago, Hopkins, who turns 31 on June 6, became a free agent. He played for the Cardinals for three seasons, accumulating 221 catches for 2,696 yards and 17 touchdowns in 35 games.
Hopkins wants what type of contract?
Two league officials informed Tim Graham of The Athletic that “Hopkins wants a deal similar to what the Baltimore Ravens gave Odell Beckham Jr., who signed a one-year deal worth $15 million guaranteed with another $3 million in incentives.”
According to OverTheCap, just ten clubs now have $15 million or more in salary cap room. Those clubs include the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, New York Jets, and Dallas Cowboys. The Patriots allegedly have agreed to sign free-agency wide out Ed Lee from the University of Rhode Island. The Patriots have a little more than $13 million in contract space.
In New England, would Hopkins even fit in?
This is what Phil Perry, one of our Patriots insiders, wrote the previous week:
A handful of themes have emerged after talking with several league sources this week about a potential union between Hopkins and the Patriots. I’m told he is not thought to be a “program fit.”
Hopkins “doesn’t practice,” said one offensive assistant. That sentiment was echoed by others who identified the Patriots as a “rigid” working environment where an emphasis on intense preparation is the modus operandi.
“That’s not him,” the offensive assistant said. “He’s never been that guy.”
Hopkins is valuable. The 2013 first-round choice is still a highly influential player when healthy, even though he isn’t the Tier 1 wide receiver he was early in his career.
