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Month: August 2020

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Since the Hopkins trade has come up again here, I thought I’d share something I heard from somebody with the team..

I wanted to share this while we were all flipping out about the trade and in the midst of hourly posts about it, but chose not to.

Now that the dust has settled a little bit, here is what I was told about this from somebody who would absolutely have access to this information:

Hopkins, last year, made a habit of putting in minimal effort with practice, learning the playbook. I went back and watched some examples, but you can see DW4 reminding Hopkins of the routes pre-snap on many occasions. This caused so much frustration, that the biggest influencer for the trade was…. drum roll… Deshaun.

IF this is true, you could argue a number of reasons for it… he performs like a top 3 WR and just wants to protect his body as much as possible… maybe he has serious beef with the McNairs that caused him to give up on the team..

Either way, what I heard was he didn’t even care to learn the playbook, would just dick around in practice, and the coaches couldn’t get him past that. Dude was a MONSTER on game days, absolutely, but Deshaun was ready for a different WR1, one that put in the same level of effort as the rest of the team.

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Roster Cuts Megathread – The Path to 53

Current Roster (78)

Player Number Position Height Weight Age Exp College
Nick Martin 66 C 6-4 295 27 5 Notre Dame
Zach Fulton 73 C/G 6-5 321 28 7 Tennessee
Greg Mancz 65 C/G 6-4 302 28 6 Toledo
Cornell Armstrong 30 CB 6-0 185 24 3 Southern Mississippi
Anthony Chesley 43 CB 6-0 190 25 1 Coastal Carolina
Gareon Conley 22 CB 6-0 190 25 4 Ohio State
Keion Crossen 35 CB 5-10 185 24 3 Western Carolina
Phillip Gaines 29 CB 6-0 193 29 7 Rice
Vernon Hargreaves III 26 CB 5-10 204 25 5 Florida
Lonnie Johnson Jr. 32 CB 6-2 213 24 2 Kentucky
John Reid 34 CB 5-10 181 24 R Penn State
Bradley Roby 21 CB 5-11 194 28 7 Ohio State
Michael Thomas 28 DB 5-10 195 30 7 Stanford
Jaylen Watkins 27 DB 5-11 194 28 6 Florida
Jonathan Greenard 52 DE 6-4 263 23 R Florida
Charles Omenihu 94 DE 6-5 280 23 2 Texas
Carlos Watkins 91 DE 6-3 297 26 4 Clemson
J.J. Watt 99 DE 6-5 288 31 10 Wisconsin
Ross Blacklock 90 DT 6-3 290 22 R Texas Christian
Angelo Blackson 97 DT 6-4 319 27 6 Auburn
P.J. Hall 96 DT 6-0 305 25 3 Sam Houston State
Cullen Gillaspia 44 FB 6-2 235 25 2 Texas A&M
Cordel Iwuagwu 70 G 6-3 309 23 R Texas Christian
Senio Kelemete 64 G 6-3 301 30 8 Washington
Max Scharping 74 G/T 6-6 327 24 2 Northern Illinois
Tyrell Adams 50 ILB 6-2 230 28 4 West Georgia
Dylan Cole 51 ILB 6-0 237 26 4 Missouri State
Zach Cunningham 41 ILB 6-3 238 25 4 Vanderbilt
Nate Hall 48 ILB 6-2 235 24 1 Northwestern
Benardrick McKinney 55 ILB 6-4 257 27 6 Mississippi State
Ka’imi Fairbairn 7 K 6-0 183 26 5 UCLA
Daren Bates LB 5-11 225 29 8 Auburn
Anthony Kukwa 45 LS 6-3 221 27 1 Lake Erie College
Jon Weeks 46 LS 5-10 242 34 11 Baylor
Auzoyah Alufohai 98 NT 6-4 320 23 R West Georgia
Brandon Dunn 92 NT 6-2 310 27 5 Louisville
Davin Bellamy 49 OLB 6-5 259 25 1 Georgia
Peter Kalambayi 58 OLB 6-3 254 25 3 Stanford
Jacob Martin 54 OLB 6-2 242 24 3 Temple
Whitney Mercilus 59 OLB 6-4 258 30 9 Illinois
Brennan Scarlett 57 OLB 6-4 263 27 5 Stanford
Jerald Hawkins 77 OT 6-6 305 26 5 LSU
Charlie Heck 67 OT 6-8 311 23 R North Carolina
Brent Qvale 76 OT 6-7 315 29 6 Nebraska
Bryan Anger 9 P 6-3 205 31 9 California
AJ McCarron 2 QB 6-3 215 29 6 Alabama
Deshaun Watson 4 QB 6-2 220 24 4 Clemson
Karan Higdon Jr. 24 RB 5-10 202 23 1 MIchigan
Buddy Howell 38 RB 6-1 218 24 3 Florida Atlantic
David Johnson 31 RB 5-11 224 28 6 Northern Iowa
Duke Johnson 25 RB 5-9 210 26 6 Miami (Fla.)
Scottie Phillips 40 RB 5-8 209 22 R Mississippi
A.J. Moore Jr. 33 S 5-11 200 24 3 Mississippi
Eric Murray 23 S 5-11 199 26 5 Minnesota
Jonathan Owens 36 S 5-11 210 25 2 Missouri Western State
Justin Reid 20 S 6-1 203 23 3 Stanford
Tytus Howard 71 T 6-5 322 24 2 Alabama State
Roderick Johnson 63 T 6-6 306 24 4 Florida State
Rick Leonard 72 T 6-7 311 23 1 Florida State
Kyle Murphy 68 T 6-6 305 26 4 Stanford
Elijah Nkansah 75 T 6-5 315 25 1 Toledo
Laremy Tunsil 78 T 6-5 313 26 5 Mississippi
Jordan Akins 88 TE 6-4 243 28 3 Central Florida
Darren Fells 87 TE 6-7 270 34 7 California-Irvine
Dylan Stapleton 84 TE 6-5 242 22 R James Madison
Jordan Thomas 83 TE 6-5 277 24 3 Mississippi State
Kahale Warring 81 TE 6-5 252 23 2 San Diego State
DeAndre Carter 14 WR 5-8 190 27 3 Sacramento State
Randall Cobb 18 WR 5-10 195 30 10 Kentucky
Brandin Cooks 13 WR 5-10 183 26 6 Oregon State
Isaiah Coulter 82 WR 6-3 190 21 R Rhode Island
Keke Coutee 16 WR 5-11 180 23 3 Texas Tech
Will Fuller V 15 WR 6-0 184 26 5 Notre Dame
Chad Hansen 17 WR 6-2 202 25 2 California
Steven Mitchell Jr. 11 WR 5-10 186 26 2 USC
Tyler Simmons 86 WR 6-0 201 22 R Georgia
Kenny Stills 12 WR 6-1 202 28 8 Oklahoma
Isaac Whitney 19 WR 6-2 204 26 2 USC

Cuts

Player Number Position Height Weight Age Exp College
Alex McGough 3 QB 6-3 214 24 1 Florida International
Albert Huggins 67 DT 6-3 305 23 1 Clemson

Injured Reserve

Player Number Position Height Weight Age Exp College
Duke Ejiofor 53 OLB 6-4 255 25 3 Wake Forest

Opt Out

Player Number Position Height Weight Age Exp College
Eddie Vanderdoes 95 NT 6-3 315 25 4 UCLA

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