PFF Projects DeAndre Hopkins Trade to Giants

The New York Giants are the winners of the DeAndre Hopkins sweepstakes in this mock trade with the Arizona Cardinals.

The Arizona Cardinals have been rumored since the very beginning of the offseason to look into a potential trade for wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.

The Cardinals - with grim looks for the 2023 season - may want to maximize the most value out of Hopkins, who is set to turn 31-years-old and has $30.75 and $26.2 million on the remaining two years of his deal. 

Pro Football Focus projects a trade to the New York Giants.

PFF Projects DeAndre Hopkins Trade to Giants

Trade compensation: 2023 2nd, 2023 5th

Contract acquired: Two years, $34,365,000 million ($0 total guaranteed)

Brad Spielberger offered the following on the deal:

"CBS Sports’ Joel Corry highlighted a very important aspect of this situation, with Hopkins voiding the no-trade clause in his contract when he was suspended for six games to begin the 2022 season. While this does undermine Hopkins’ control over his next destination and some of the leverage he may have over a new club with respect to a potential new contract, a marquee player like Hopkins can still dictate matters to a degree. In theory, Hopkins could make it clear to an inquiring club he doesn’t want to play for that he will not show up.

"At this past year’s trade deadline, the Giants acquired a compensatory third-round pick and a sixth-round pick from the Kansas City Chiefs for wide receiver Kadarius Toney, and here they part with a slightly more expensive package to bring a dominant No. 1 wide receiver into the fold. The Giants are desperate for help at the position and have smaller, speedier options like second-round rookie Wan’Dale Robinson returning from injury, but here they add a legitimate X receiver on the outside.

"This deal is reminiscent of the Julio Jones trade to the Tennessee Titans in 2021. Jones was acquired along with a sixth-round pick for second- and fourth-round picks. He was a year older and earned $15.3 million in his first (and only) year in Tennessee, not immediately seeking an extension — which is a big factor we don’t definitively know about with Hopkins.

"Upon returning from his suspension, and despite many games played with backup quarterback Colt McCoy instead of Kyler Murray, Hopkins ranked third in targets (93), fourth in receptions (64) and sixth in explosive receptions (19), and he was credited with just one drop. Wherever Hopkins ends up, he still profiles as an automatic No. 1 wide receiver."

The jury still remains out on what the Cardinals should expect back in terms of compensation, though Hopkins' no-trade clause now out the window should open the door on more opportunities. 

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