Charvarius Ward is not a fan of DeAndre Hopkins.
The San Francisco 49ers ran away with their game against the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night in Mexico City to capture their sixth win of the season. After the game, 49ers cornerback Charvarius Ward had some interesting things to say about the Cardinals’ star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and how he played during that game.
“D-Hop, he think he a tough guy,” he told Niners broadcasters Greg Papa and Tim Ryan via KNBR.com. “He think he still one of the best receivers in the league and he really not.
“He was getting locked up. He was doing some dirty things. He tried to clip me, he grabbed me by the throat. He grabbed my facemask on one play, so I don’t respect his game. That’s steroid boy.”
The ‘steroid boy’ comment is in reference to the star receiver’s six-game suspension that he had to serve at the beginning of this season due to violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drugs policy. Hopkins said in July that he didn’t believe he should’ve been suspended after his blood tested positive for a trace amount of Ostarine, a banned league substance.
“I’ve never taken any of that kind of stuff,” the All-Pro wide receiver said at training camp, via Arizona Sports. “If you know about what it is, it can be in shampoo, it can be in a lot of different things. Obviously, the NFL is very black and white, so of course, I wish the rule wasn’t so black and white. It is what it is.
“It’s hard to know when something gets contaminated at a trace amount when you’re not working at the manufacturing company.”
Colt McCoy fed Hopkins 12 targets, catching nine of them for 91 yards, but he never found the end zone, which has happened for the second game in a row.
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Ward briefly exited the game but returned and looked to be playing through some discomfort, leading the team in tackles with 10. According to Pro Football Focus, Ward has yet to miss a tackle this season.
The Ward-Hopkins Week 18 matchup should be an interesting one.
