After an offseason filled with speculation, the Arizona Cardinals have pulled the plug on the DeAndre Hopkins era. As the club announced on Friday, it has released the veteran wide receiver after three seasons.
The Cardinals took to social media to make the breakup public:
We have released Deandre Hopkins. pic.twitter.com/POnAb3uhWH
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) May 26, 2023
A first-round draft pick in 2013, Hopkins was a highly productive player in seven seasons with the Houston Texans. Nonetheless, the club decided to part ways with him in 2020: then-Texans head coach Bill O’Brien decided to move him to Arizona.