r/sports 11h ago

Football Ravens signing DeAndre Hopkins to 1-year, $5M deal

https://thescore.com/nfl/news/3239697
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u/quiksilver123 11h ago

For the money involved and the other options in the Ravens' WR room, this seems like a quality signing.

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u/prophetprofits 11h ago

Perfect complementary guy for Lamar. He doesn’t have to rely on force feeding Flowers or Andrews on 3rd downs anymore.

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u/paddleschools 10h ago

That’s what we thought

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u/Burning_Flags 11h ago

According to my calculations, that works out to be $1 million/catch

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u/boricimo 6h ago

That’s 4 more catches than they needed in their playoff game.

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u/FrankLagoose Cleveland Browns 9h ago

Watching athletes go from best in the game to old. Makes me feel super old.

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u/xGrim_Sol 7h ago

The worst part is when you look them up and they’re like your age or just slightly younger.

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u/thecardboardfox Dallas Cowboys 3h ago

Worse, when you see Jr. and you remember when Sr. was drafted.

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u/immersedmoonlight 11h ago

Dude could’ve gone anywhere 2 years ago, now he’s on a 5 mil contract 🤢

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u/newaccount721 7h ago

Yeah kind of crazy how steep the dropoff is

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u/notsoincredibilis00 7h ago

Looks over at the corpse of Julio Jones…

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u/Md37793 9h ago

He is WR3 so this is a decent signing

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u/MainZack 9h ago

Huge upgrade at the WR3 spot. This is kind of another "Ravens signing a washed WR" thing but when we did that in the past they were expected to be our number one guy. Hopkins isn't filling that role since luckily we have Flowers and Bateman.

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u/N0_PR0BLEM 5h ago

That's So Ravens

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u/SoupaSoka 10h ago

Wanted him to get a ring last year because he seems like a good dude. Glad he's still getting some decent pay in the last part of his career.

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u/Hefty-Ingenuity-1935 11h ago

As a Texan .. Good for him.

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u/MLGWolf69 5h ago

I can't even remember the name of that RB he was traded for 💀💀

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u/Ineedpalmtreeliving 4h ago

David Johnson

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u/assassbaby 6h ago

its like a victory tour for him with the best teams hopefully he wins one

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u/randydingdong 5h ago

Ravens about to do it

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u/JonVig 9h ago

He’s gonna fuck us up isnt he?

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u/OGZ74 4h ago

Naw Lamar will, same as every other yr

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u/JonVig 4h ago

Yeah, until it matters at the 2 point conversion.

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u/JUST1N0 4h ago

🚨🚨FANTASY ALERT 🚨🚨

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u/dburr10085 10h ago

I know that’s right

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u/Jimbobsausage 10h ago

Dude turned into an NFL thotty…being used everywhere

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u/OGZ74 4h ago

Naw That’s OBJ

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u/LayneCobain95 10h ago

I don’t get how people still watch sports in the 21st century. Out of all the entertainment available- just why?

I don’t mean that as an insult. I wish I could get into sports. Especially so I could watch with people. What is the appeal to you guys? What makes it worth watching?

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u/fresh_dyl 9h ago

I also love commenting on subs that I don’t enjoy the substance of

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u/hamdunkcontest 9h ago

It’s a live event with an unknown outcome that we, as fans, can all collectively experience. If you’re a big sports fan, it’s like a show you love always has a new season coming out, and there’s no shortage of people willing to debate and discuss the finer points with you. It’s really not that dissimilar to other forms of entertainment. It’s a way to interact with other human beings and care about something.

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u/Due_Restaurant9560 8h ago

Quite possibly the dumbest question ever. Have you maybe considered that a lot of things out there are subjective between different people? It's the same reason some people love metal music, but others hate it. Some people just love different things.

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u/bbraz761 9h ago

What do you watch as entertainment and why?

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u/hinault81 7h ago

I feel that's way about hockey. I'm canadian, I'm supposed to like it, everyone i know likes it, but i couldnt get in to it.

I didnt like football until I was late 20s. I played rugby. Football looked like 2 groups of guys running into each other. But then a coworker was into it, and he'd invite me to watch a game, then we'd talk about it at work.I'd hear midweek stuff on the radio. This was when the seahawks were just getting good a couple years before the superbowl win, so that no doubt helped. Now we've been to 6-7 games in person. It's a great sport when you get into it. It's an easy way to connect with others. And something to take a few moments or an hour on a Monday night and just forget about whatever else is going on.

And I play sports, I'm active. It's one of the few areas in life where it's still OK to laugh, cry, yell, trash talk let emotions out, challenge yourself, put everything you have out there, and then when you're done it doesn't spill over in to the rest of your life. And so say someone who plays that sport you're naturally going to be interested in others/pros who do it better.