The Philadelphia Eagles, who were damn near playing with fans at wide receiver in 2019, had a chance to grab DeAndre Hopkins and then decided against it.
Before the Houston Texans traded wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals on Monday, Houston was reportedly in talks with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Adam Schefter of ESPN talked about discussions between Houston and Philly during an appearance on 97.5 The Fanatic. He revealed that the Eagles thought Hopkins ultimately wasn’t worth it.
“The Texans did speak to the Eagles at one point about DeAndre Hopkins. And I think the Eagles decided at this point in this time, with everything that you were going to have to do, you were going to have to pay the Texans, you were going to have to pay Hopkins a new contract, give up compensation … I think they decided that that wasn’t the right move. Now, I don’t know if that’s because this is maybe the deepest draft at wide receiver there is ever, or if they liked what they had, or if they had other ideas in mind. I don’t know why. But for whatever reason, I think they believe it wasn’t worth it. So, they did have conversations there.”
Arizona sent running back David Johnson, a 2020 second-round pick and a 2021 fourth-round pick to the Texans for Hopkins and a 2020 fourth-round pick.
That news certainly has to frustrate Eagles fans.
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Philly was down to converted quarterback Greg Ward and 2019 second-round pick J.J. Arcega-Whiteside as its top two wide receivers by the end of last season. It wouldn’t matter so much in the playoffs as Carson Wentz made an early exit because of an injury and never return.
