After seven seasons in Houston, the Texans made the stunning decision to trade Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals for running back David Johnson and a couple of draft picks. It’s a move that the Texans would come to regret – Johnson was off the team after two middling seasons, one draft pick was traded away and another didn’t pan out.
Hopkins, now with the Kansas City Chiefs ... on his Hall of Fame résumé essentially is due to a favor Ran Carthon granted Hopkins in October, when Carthon was general manager of the Titans.