Breaking: Nuke Hopkins traded to Arizona

[Bronn]

Watson needs to get out of that racist org ASAP too.

[TheRumGone]

What

the 

fug

[top dawg]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

There was a time when David Johnson was expected to be the next great runningback.

What O'Brien apparently doesn't know is that time has passed.

Why, because he got hurt? He wasn't really used last season. I think it speaks more to the new coach and what he wanted in a back than Johnson's loss of talent. 

I think some of you are underestimating Johnson's talent, and overestimating Hopkins' talent a little bit. 

Sure, the trade looks a little iffy, but considering all the WR talent in this year's draft pool, the Texans' sum total on offense may actually improve.

 

[SmokinwithWilly]

45 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Why, because he got hurt? He wasn't really used last season. I think it speaks more to the new coach and what he wanted in a back than Johnson's loss of talent. 

I think some of you are underestimating Johnson's talent, and overestimating Hopkins' talent a little bit. 

Sure, the trade looks a little iffy, but considering all the WR talent in this year's draft pool, the Texans' sum total on offense may actually improve.

 

 AZ gets a top 3 receiver, dumps an aging, injured, overpaid RB, and all for the overwhelming price of a 2nd rounder and swapping 4th round picks. 

Texans got taken to the woodshed for this one. They should have gotten #8 and Johnson and it still would be a little closer. The only way this makes any sense is if Hopkins is after a huge payday this offseason.

[Basbear]

The commish should veto this, not joking. First Clowney now Hokp, for THAT?!?!?!??!?!?

[Ivan The Awesome]

The Cards fleeced the Texans. On top of that they get a fourth rounder.. in a deep draft. Wow. 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

We need get in trade talks with them about Deshaun Watson

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, top dawg said:

Why, because he got hurt? He wasn't really used last season. I think it speaks more to the new coach and what he wanted in a back than Johnson's loss of talent. 

I think some of you are underestimating Johnson's talent, and overestimating Hopkins' talent a little bit. 

Sure, the trade looks a little iffy, but considering all the WR talent in this year's draft pool, the Texans' sum total on offense may actually improve.

 

I think you are unaware of positional value in the modern NFL. Bill....that you??

[top dawg]

15 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I think you are unaware of positional value in the modern NFL. Bill....that you??

Whatever. Many many people aren't saying that this isn't an extremely deep WR pool for nothing! And, anyone who has been paying attention knows that RB has really been undervalued.

[top dawg]

52 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

 AZ gets a top 3 receiver, dumps an aging, injured, overpaid RB, and all for the overwhelming price of a 2nd rounder and swapping 4th round picks. 

Texans got taken to the woodshed for this one. They should have gotten #8 and Johnson and it still would be a little closer. The only way this makes any sense is if Hopkins is after a huge payday this offseason.

Well, you know he will absolutely want to get paid. I suspect that was in the back of O'Brien's head!

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, top dawg said:

Whatever. Many many people aren't saying that this isn't an extremely deep WR pool for nothing! And, anyone who has been paying attention knows that RB has really been undervalued.

RB hasn't been undervalued, it's basically been devalued. That was a horrible contract they just got a hold of while Arizona received an elite WR for a pretty reasonable remaining salary. WR Salary Rank: #14(2020),  #9(2021), #10(2022) versus Johnson's #3(2020) and #7(2021). That is such a bad trade. 

And it better be a deep WR for the Texans, because they don't pick until #40 after trading away this year's first round draft pick too. 

[kungfoodude]

9 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Well, you know he will absolutely want to get paid. I suspect that was in the back of O'Brien's head!

Dude, he has three years left on his contract.

[45catfan]

I guess for the Clemson faithful the Texans jerseys are about to go the way of the Bills jerseys.   I expect to start seeing a bunch of Raiders swag to start popping up around the Upstate this fall.

[Ricky Spanish]

2 hours ago, top dawg said:

Why, because he got hurt? He wasn't really used last season. I think it speaks more to the new coach and what he wanted in a back than Johnson's loss of talent. 

I think some of you are underestimating Johnson's talent, and overestimating Hopkins' talent a little bit. 

Sure, the trade looks a little iffy, but considering all the WR talent in this year's draft pool, the Texans' sum total on offense may actually improve.

 

Johnson has 1 year of production and an otherwise injury plagued career. He was beaten out by Kenyan Drake and has a horrible contract for little production.

Hopkins is a top 3 player at his position, is YOUNGER, than Johnson, and has many many more years of top production under his belt, and that's with Brock osweiler under center. 

You're overvaluing an unknown commodity in this year's we class. You're argument is essentially "the draft is so deep, they could even find a wr as good as DeAndre Hopkins"... When they already had DeAndre Hopkins.

The Texans got fleeced 100%. The cards just surrounded their young QB with a top notch weapon AND got the Texans to take Johnson's horrible contract.