Cardinals want what’s best for team, DeAndre Hopkins amid trade chatter

TEMPE — The Arizona Cardinals and broad receiver DeAndre Hopkins have been again at work on Tuesday, albeit in several states.

On the identical day the Cardinals opened up Part 1 of their voluntary offseason applications in Tempe, the wideout posted his own training regimen from Houston amid continued commerce hypothesis surrounding the No. 1 go catcher in Arizona.

So far as what his participation inside the Cardinals’ offseason applications may seem like shifting ahead? That continues to be up within the air for brand spanking new head coach Jonathan Gannon.

“We’ll see,” Gannon mentioned Tuesday. “I’ve been in communication with D-Hop and I need to do what’s greatest for him and us on the identical time. When he’s prepared to return, he’ll come and enhance his recreation, too.”

Hopkins’ identify has been thrown round commerce chatter for a lot of the offseason, with report saying as many as 5 groups may very well be desirous about buying the wideout’s companies.

It’s straightforward to see why.

At 33 years outdated, Hopkins remains to be thought of the most effective broad receivers within the recreation. Defenses are compelled to assault an offense in another way with the five-time Professional Bowler on the sector, as Arizona has seen the previous three seasons.

Regardless of lacking eight video games final season on account of a PED suspension and a knee harm, Hopkins nonetheless paced the Cardinals with 717 receiving yards and was second in receptions (64) and touchdowns (three).

However availability points have crept up on the broad receiver, who isn’t getting any youthful.

After enjoying in 16 video games in 2020, his first season within the desert, Hopkins has appeared in simply 19 contests the previous two years mixed on account of harm and suspension.

Earlier than becoming a member of the Cardinals, Hopkins had missed a complete of two video games over the course of his seven-year profession with the Houston Texans.

Then there’s the place the Cardinals at the moment stand that needs to be thought of amid a rebuild underneath first-year normal supervisor Monti Ossenfort.

Conserving Hopkins on the books would carry cap hits of $29.9 million and $25.5 million in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

Shifting on from the wideout wouldn’t solely unencumber much-needed cap area, it might present Ossenfort with further draft capital to assist in the rebuild.

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