Texans still hold leverage to improve haul from DeAndre Hopkins trade
By Jair Lopez
The Houston Texans could still get a better trade package in the original deal agreed with the Arizona Cardinals.
The Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals trade can now be officialized with the new NFL season currently underway, but there still exists some possibility that Houston can tweak the trade and get some equity in what turned out to be a very lopsided trade.
The Texans are losers in the trade; there’s no way to beat around the bush. They’re losing their superstar wide receiver in the middle of his prime with three years left in his contract. Even if he wanted a new deal, DeAndre Hopkins deserved any pay raise the Texans would have given him if they had chosen to go that route.
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However, the Texans came out on the short end of the stick, taking on one of the Cardinals’ worse contracts on their books in running back David Johnson and trading away their best receiver on offense for virtually only a second-rounder.
Johnson could still be a solid back for the Texans, but dealing with multiple injuries in 2019 could be an inkling of things to come as he turns 29 next year. With all the recent injuries Johnson has dealt with, it isn’t out of the realm of possibility that the Texans find something in his physical to go back to the negotiating table with the Cardinals.
Texans were in a similar situation when they initially agreed to trade Duane Brown to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a second-round pick, fifth-rounder, and cornerback Jeremy Lane.
Texans flagged Lane in his physical evaluation, which led the Seahawks to revise the trade package they were sending out for Brown. Seahawks ended up sending their original second-rounder from the first trade proposal and adding a third-round draft selection in exchange for a future fifth-rounder and Brown.
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The trade parameters wouldn’t change dramatically if the Texans decide to renegotiate the trade for better compensation, but they could get another contributor or better draft picks.