Ravens Among Betting Favorites to Sign WR DeAndre Hopkins

The Baltimore Ravens were never seriously mentioned in the same breath with regard to a trade with the Arizona Cardinals for wideout DeAndre Hopkins. The price was considerable. But the price just changed.

The Arizona Cardinals have parted ways with All-Pro wideout DeAndre Hopkins. The move will clear up almost $8 million in cap space next season and carry a $22.6 million dead cap hit. It will also remove him completely from the team's salary cap outlook for 2024.

As soon as the move became public, speculation began about where Hopkins' next home might be.

The Baltimore Ravens were never seriously mentioned in the same breath with regard to a trade with the Arizona Cardinals for wideout DeAndre Hopkins. The price was considerable. But the price just changed.

Aside from the $17.2 million APY cap hit, a trade maybe would've demanded at the very least a second-round pick, and then some. And it's hard to imagine the Ravens affording the extra draft capital it would take to land Hopkins via trade. But now, things are different.

The Baltimore Ravens have already upgraded their wideout corps with the additions of rookie Zay Flowers, Nelson Agholor and Odell Beckham Jr. And now DraftKings has installed Baltimore as a +650 favorite to land Hopkins next. The Bills are the top favorite at +300, followed by the Chiefs at +400, then the Jets appear after the Ravens at +750.

With all four favorites being AFC-based teams, Hopkins could be the next top-talent player to defect from the NFC to the AFC.

Adding Hopkins to the pass-catching corps of Beckham Jr., Agholor, Rashod Bateman, Devin Duvernay, and rookie Flowers would look impressive, and what's more, it would mean that conference rivals Kansas City and Buffalo didn't have his services.

If it comes down to a bidding war between teams, Hopkins would benefit. Whichever team lands him will experience a huge boost in its passing game.

With Hopkins as a member of the Ravens alongside quarterback Lamar Jackson, tight end Mark Andrews, and an already talented wide receiver room would put Baltimore in an even better place to make another Super Bowl run.

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