Could the Texans try and trade their No. 1 WR DeAndre Hopkins?
According to Peter King of Football Morning in America, two teams mentioned the Texans potentially trading away the four-time Pro Bowler.
“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,” King wrote. “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 … 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.”
King mentions that Patriots, 49ers, Giants and Dolphins as potential matches.
Pro Football Talk added that a “team trading for him would have him under contract for three more years, with $40 million remaining on his deal, while the Texans would take only a $3 million cap hit.”
The 27-year-old played in 15 games in 2019 and racked up 104 passes caught 1,165 yards receiving and seven touchdowns.
