When the Baltimore Ravens signed 33-year-old DeAndre Hopkins to a one-year, $5 million deal this offseason, many fans used the same word to describe the three-time All-Pro wide receiver: “washed.” After two weeks, Hopkins looks like an incredible addition, but teammate Derrick Henry hopes the haters keep calling him that because it is fueling Hopkins' fire to prove the critics wrong.
“Hopefully, they keep calling him ‘washed' because that s**t has been working,” Henry said after Friday's practice, per ESPN's Jamison Henley. “We need it.”
Through two games, Hopkins has four catches for 99 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Ravens to a 1-1 record that should have been 2-0 if they could have held their fourth-quarter lead over the Buffalo Bills in Week 1 . He is currently the tea