The worst exchange in what’s likely the history of all commerce, otherwise known as the DeAndre Hopkins trade, has set off an adventurous beginning to NFL free agency.
The Houston Texans gave away the game’s best wide receiver and a fourth-round pick to the Arizona Cardinals and received the ghost of running back David Johnson, his contract, the Cardinals’ second-round pick and their 2021 fourth-round pick. Lopsided may not even be the appropriate adjective here.
Friction between Hopkins and the Texans had apparently been brewing for months and the Cardinals were not the only team to inquire about a trade.