Texans' Official Press Release Confirming DeAndre Hopkins Trade Was Devastatingly Brief
By Sam Dunn
The NFL world is still gnashing its teeth and facepalming in the direction of Bill O'Brien after the Houston Texans offloaded all-world wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals for a stupefyingly modest trade haul.
Naturally, the franchise's public relations department waited until this sleepy sports weekend to confirm the move on an official basis... and their release that did so is notable much less for what it included and far more for what it didn't.
The Texans agreed to terms on the following moves.#WeAreTexans
— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) March 21, 2020
Hmm. Simple as that, huh? Some guy named David Johnson in, some guy named DeAndre Hopkins out? Terrific. Let's go have a snack and call mom.
Yes, the thank-yous to the venerable Nuk will be many in the weeks and months to come. But so far, things are eerily quiet on the Houston front. Given how O'Brien's move was pretty much universally panned in NFL circles, it tracks.
A lot went unsaid in the Texans' official confirmation of the DeAndre Hopkins trade pic.twitter.com/Ov5KGpz2qR
— Sam Dunn (@RealFakeSamDunn) March 21, 2020
You're men and women of few words at this juncture, Texans, but we know you're screaming on the inside. Hell, we all are -- and in this case, it's got nothing to do with that virus everyone's been TikTok-ing about.