Hopkins had 104 catches for 1,165 yards and seven touchdowns in 2019.Īs for Strong, he never had much of an NFL career after being taken with the 70th overall pick (third round) of the 2015 NFL draft. The Texans also reportedly got a second-round draft pick this season and a fourth-round pick next season for Hopkins, but they also gave the Cardinals a fourth-round selection this season. Houston agreed to trade Hopkins to the Cardinals earlier in the week in a deal that included Arizona running back David Johnson. MORE: DeAndre Hopkins trade looks worse for Texans, better for Cardinals after Stefon Diggs deal O'Brien has come under fire for the reported comments and was already under fire for the trade for Hopkins. Now, I’m ready to play for the Cardinals." I have the utmost respect for Coach O’Brien and that will not change. As I’ve said before, I enjoyed and am proud of my time with the Texans. Hopkins tweeted on Wednesday: "This is being blown way out of proportion. ![]() He was found dead in his cell in 2017, with the cause of death ruled to be suicide by hanging. In 2015, Hernandez, a tight end who played in New England when O'Brien was a coach there, was convicted of the murder of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. “He got into talking about DeAndre Hopkins, 'cause DeAndre Hopkins has a few kids from different women, and he told DeAndre that he doesn’t like his baby mamas around sometimes,” Irvin said. Irvin said Hopkins told him the meeting “just deteriorated” from there. Irvin continued to say that Hopkins told him it “blew my mind” that O’Brien “would equate me with Aaron Hernandez.” “He called DeAndre Hopkins in a meeting to talk about this and kind of just hash it out and in that meeting, he started the meeting with telling DeAndre Hopkins this, which blew my mind when DeAndre told me this, he said ‘The last time I had to have a meeting like this, it was with Aaron Hernandez.’ ” “He said, ‘Michael, it was a bit of a power struggle there’ because he said Coach O’Brien thought he had too much influence over the locker room,” Irvin said. On ESPN’s “Get Up!” on Wednesday, Irvin said he spoke to Hopkins to get his take on the trade and that Hopkins offered details over a meeting he and O’Brien had while Hopkins was a member of the Texans. ![]() MORE: DeAndre Hopkins says he has 'utmost respect' for Bill O'Brien after Michael Irvin report ![]() Strong's tweet was in reply to a story about comments former NFL wide receiver Michael Irvin made about O'Brien and his relationship with DeAndre Hopkins, who was reportedly traded to the Arizona Cardinals earlier this week. He wasted my first 3 years ultimately ruining my NFL career. The man simply didn’t like me because I was a product of my environment. "Y’all thought it was my fault I wasn’t seeing the field. "This is who Bill O Brien is," Strong tweeted. Strong, who played for O'Brien and the Texans from 2015 to part of 2017, had some strong words for the Houston Texans coach on Twitter on Wednesday, essentially blaming O'Brien for "ruining" his NFL career. Watch Video: Off the cuff: Reaction to the Cardinals big trade with Houston, David Johnson for DeAndre Hopkinsįormer Arizona State wide receiver Jaelen Strong is evidently not a fan of Bill O'Brien.
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