DeAndre Hopkins Fantasy

Arizona Cardinals Pro Bowl wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is being suspended six games for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy, according to league sources. Ouch. It's a big blow to the Cardinals and to Hopkins' fantasy value for the 2022 season. It'll also be bad news for quarterback Kyler Murray as he looks to get off to a good start following his embarrassing performance in last year's playoffs. With Nuk out for the first six games, barring an appeal, newly acquired wideout Marquise Brown, veteran A.J. Green and Rondale Moore will be asked to step up, as well as tight end Zach Ertz. Hopkins, a five-time Pro Bowler, played in only 10 games last year due to injuries and finished with a career-low 572 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on 42 receptions.

May. 2nd • 4:09 PM

The Arizona Cardinals converted wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins' $10.65 million roster bonus into a signing bonus on Tuesday to create $7.1 million in salary cap space for the 2022 season, according to a source. Hopkins is under contract through the 2024 season. Because of injury, Hopkins had the worst season of his career in his second year with the Cardinals in 2021, catching 42 passes (64 targets) for a career-low 572 yards and eight touchdowns in only 10 games. With better health, the team's No. 1 receiver should bounce back in a big way for fantasy managers. The five-time Pro Bowler has had 1,000-plus receiving yards in six of his nine NFL seasons, including his first year in Arizona when he had 1,407 yards and six TDs on a career-high-tying 115 catches.

Mar. 15th • 11:50 AM

Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury said that wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (knee) should be healthy in the next month. Hopkins missed three games with a hamstring injury and the team's final five games of the season, including Monday night's wild-card loss to the division-rival Los Angeles Rams. The Cardinals offense limped to the finish line and wasn't the same without the 29-year-old five-time Pro Bowl receiver. Hopkins was the clear No. 1 target for quarterback Kyler Murray when he was healthy, though, catching 42 of his 64 targets for 572 yards (13.6 yards per catch) and eight touchdowns in 10 games. That should again be the case in 2022, but it will be interesting to see what the rest of the receiving corps behind Hopkins looks like, as both A.J. Green and Christian Kirk will be unrestricted free agents this March.

Jan. 18th • 7:49 PM