DeAndre Hopkins' Attempt to Intimidate Ravens Secondary Completely Backfired
By Michael Luciano
DeAndre Hopkins tried to get in the Baltimore Ravens' heads before their matchup last Sunday, but Marcus Peters and the secondary wasn't going to give them one inch.
Per B-More sources, Hopkins tried to intimidate the Ravens' defensive backs by staring at them in pregame warmups. Chuck Clark wasn't spooked at all, and says the actions only served to pump him and Marcus Peters up.
Chuck Clark said that Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins went over to the Ravens secondary during warm-ups and just stood there staring at them.
— Sarah Ellison (@sgellison) November 20, 2019
What did Clark think about that?
“That we were gonna be ready. We was.”
So was Marcus Peters. pic.twitter.com/zi6cGUPGmo
Hopkins has seven catches for 80 yards in that game, but those were mostly hollow numbers, as Earl Thomas and the Baltimore defense beat up Deshaun Watson and his Houston Texans by a resounding 41-7 scoreline.
Peters, acquired in a trade from the Los Angeles Rams, had Hopkins blanketed for most of the game on a Sunday afternoon where literally nothing was going right for him and the once-feared Houston offense.
If this is not pass interference, I don't know what pass interference is. Wasn't called interference on the field, but Bill O'Brien is challenging. Defender is literally hanging on DeAndre Hopkins before the ball arrives #Texans #Ravens pic.twitter.com/rz8QLpSSYW
— John Breech (@johnbreech) November 17, 2019
Peters, Thomas, and the Ravens are white hot at the moment, and even one of the best receivers of the last decade couldn't make a dent in Wink Martindale's unit. If they can bludgeon Hopkins and Watson like that, the sky is the limit for this defense.