Dendre Hopkins has his deal, and the Arizona Cardinals have their star wide receiver for the foreseeable future.
The Cardinals and Hopkins agreed to a two-year extension of $$ .. 5 million, pledging ૨ .5.5 million, a source confirmed to ESPN.
The deal keeps the Hopkins for five years – during the 2024 season – and a million 94 million, with an annual average of.
The deal was reported by the NFL Network on Tuesday.
The Cardinals traded the Hopston and fourth-round draft picks in the March blockbuster trade with the Houston Texans, who were David Johnson’s second-round pick and fourth-round pick of 2021. In acquiring Hopkins, the Cardinals also inherited his contract, with three years left on the five-year, $ 81 million deal he signed with Houston in 2017.
Hopkins, 28, was seeking a new deal at the time of the trade and was trying to reconcile his existing contract with the Texans. Cardinals general manager Steve Kim has repeatedly said that this is not a fee as Team Hopkins hopes to sign a long-term deal and that the parties are engaged in ongoing negotiations.
Hopkins took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon to show his relief at the exciting expansion.
I can clearly see that the rain is gone now. pic.twitter.com/F6JRljSFcs
– Dandre Hopkins (@DandreHopkins) September 8, 2020
Hopkins was due to receive a base salary of .5 12.5 million in 2020, behind AJ Green of Cincinnati, TY Hilton of Indianapolis, Stephen Diggs of Buffalo and de Dale Beckham Jr. of Cleveland and Jarvis Landry in sixth place in the NFL. .
As the 27th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, Hopkins has put in a resume with early indications that Hall Hall of Fame deserves fame despite passing caching from 10 different quarterbacks.
Hopkins has the NFL. Has the most receiving yards and catches, the second highest number of touchdowns and the highest number of goals. He is also the third-ranked yarder after 2017 with 4,115 behind Julio Jones of Atlanta and Michael Thomas of New Orleans.
Hopkins had 1,165 yards and seven touchdown catches last season – his third straight 1,000-yard season and his fifth in six years.
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