Cardinals announce they have released Hopkins

[Chopper0080]

Lol

 

[Chopper0080]

BirdCity is back baby

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Wow.

 

[football karma]

super interesting that it was pre June 1

a two-fer for "2023 is a reset year"

 

[Chopper0080]

Tell me more about Monti’s great off-season

 

[Dback Jon]

Damn

 

[Dback Jon]

Couldn't get ANYTHNG for him?

 

[Dback Jon]

Cardinals Release DeAndre Hopkins

Wide receiver let go during roster reset under new GM Monti Ossenfort

www.azcardinals.com

After weeks of speculation and the Cardinals unable to find a trade partner, Hopkins was released on Friday.
The Cardinals will absorb a dead salary cap hit of $21 million in 2023, but he will be cleared from the books after that. (They could declare him a June 1 cut, which would allow them to spread the hit evenly over this season and next if they choose.)

 

[jf-08]

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[unseenaz]

Released? Why not just ship him out for a 3rd or 4th?

 

[Russ Smith]

Wow that seems crazy but I assume they just couldn't find a trade partner?

I guess if you're going to do it and tank might as well rip the band aid off and take the hit now.

I hope he ends up on a contender would like to see him get a shot at a ring.

 

[football karma]

so -- $9mm more cap space this year, $15mm next

not sure what they have planned for the $25mm in cap space this year, other than to carry most of it into 2024

 

[Ronin]

Lol

 

[football karma]

Released? Why not just ship him out for a 3rd or 4th?

i suspect the contract was the problem

 

[Ronin]

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[Syracusecards]

ugh

 

[jf-08]

Cardinals gunna Cardinal.

 

[Syracusecards]

this is Bill O’Brien-ish

 

[Proteus]

What a freaking joke. We couldn't get any draft pick for him?

I think the odds are pretty good that some desperate team would have sent us decent compensation for him near the trade deadline.

 

[urs]

What a joke

 

[Ronin]

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[Finito]

Y’all still fans of this trash organization? Lol

I swear it’s comical how bad the cardinals are run. So it’s that bad between Hopkins and the Cardinals you couldn’t just keep him.

 

[gmabel830]

I’m not overly surprised by this. Other teams wanted Cards to eat money on his contract in a trade, and it wasn’t worth a mid round pick for them to do that.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Hes going to go to KC and be unstoppable.

 

[Syracusecards]

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interesting take. could be just like Rodney Hudson.