Former Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins Happy to Move on

Former Arizona Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins has exchanged red for blue after agreeing to sign with the Tennessee Titans, which became official yesterday.

"I am very happy, very glad," Hopkins said via the team's official website. "This was a team that as soon as the offseason hit and I knew I was possibly going to be traded, this was a team that was on my list of places that I wanted to play because of the history Mike Vrabel and I have, the history Tim Kelly and I have.

"I wanted to be somewhere where I knew people had my best interests, not just on the field but off the field as well."

Hopkins also wanted to be somewhere where he would be paid - his salary of $19.45 million with the Cardinals was enough to scare potential teams away in trade talks, along with his age (31) and recent inability to stay on the field due to suspension/injury.

He only visited the Titans and New England Patriots after hitting free agency.

"Besides wins, (the Titans) are getting someone who is going to push people around me, and make everybody else's job a little easier," Hopkins said. "(The Titans) are getting someone who is a hard worker, someone who is going to practice hard, play hard, and push everybody around me as well to elevate their game.

"They are getting somebody who doesn't have an ego, someone who is coming in and bonding to the system."

Hopkins' deal is a reported two-year, $26 million contract that can be worked up to $32 million in incentives.

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