BREAKING NEWS: DeAndre Hopkins Traded to the Arizona Cardinals

While we still wait to see where Tom Brady ultimately ends up, the perceived holding pattern that the rest of the league was supposed to be in has not come to fruition at all. Moves are being made left and right.

The biggest move of the day comes as the Houston Texans made the surprising choice of dealing All-Pro wide receiver, DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals.

At first, the Texans trading for David Johnson was reported and people were quick to imagine what a Texans offense led by Deshaun Watson with all those weapons would look like:

But then, ESPN’s Adam Schefter dropped the bomb on the world:

People were critical of how Bill O’Brien operates as de facto general manager last season when he made some all-in moves to the start of the 2019 year. Now that he officially has the title this swap will go down as his first true move with control.

This is the third trade for a running back that Houston has made in the last three months. With Lamar Miller and Carlos Hyde on the open market, Houston did need some reinforcements in their backfield.

Rumors of the team potentially moving on from Hopkins started to leak out earlier today but the team moved on just as quickly as the rumors began.

The Cardinals now get a true number one receiver for reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, Kyler Murray to throw to while also bringing back Larry Fitzgerald and Kenyan Drake (franchise tag). Hopkins has been absolutely stellar in recent years:

Arizona feels like the winner here and Chase Edmonds wasn’t afraid to let everyone know:

Patrick Peterson is also happy with the deal: