3:32 PM: NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport tweets that Hopkins “withdrew his appeal” of the suspension, making it official that he will miss the opening six weeks of the season without pay.
3:04 PM: The Cardinals made one notable addition to their receiving corps over the weekend, but they will be starting the season without their No. 1. DeAndre Hopkins is being suspended six games for a violation of the league’s Performance Enhancing Drug policy (Twitter link via ESPN’s Adam Schefter). 
The WR room has seen some significant changes this offseason for the Cardinals. Christian Kirk left in free agency, leaving a vacancy for a starting spot at the position. The team then filled that hole with the acquisition of former Raven Marquise Brown. As Schefter notes, that transaction becomes perhaps less surprising given the news of Hopkins’ suspension.
In years past, four games was the benchmark for suspension lengths regarding PED usage. More recently, however, that number has been elevated to six – as the likes of Ryan Anderson and Corey Coleman have found out. This news extends the length of Hopkins’ overall absence, as he missed the final four games of the 2021 regular season (and the team’s playoff loss) due to injury.
That missed time led to the three-time All-Pro posting career-low totals in terms of production. Across his two seasons with the Cardinals, the 29-year-old has posted 1,979 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. In his absence late in the year, however, Arizona’s offense continued a concerning trend of falling off considerably. The team will be in a similar situation to begin the 2022 campaign.
Hopkins becomes the second big-name wideout to receive a notable ban this offseason. Calvin Ridley will be sidelined for at least the entire 2022 campaign after he wagered on NFL games.
Jalen Reagor for Deionte Thompson?
Ouch. I guess that explains why his double hand OPI push-offs are so strong….my only question is who is Kyler going to blindly throw up 15+ passes a game to? This might hurt the narrative that Kyler is good. Sucks for the Cards
“Hollywood” Brown- 5’9
Randale Moore- 5’7
Andy Isabella- 5’9
It’s a pretty short list…
Hollywood is listed at 5’9″, he’s actually 5’6″.
yeah, but that’s just the shortlist…;)
could of seen charlston rambo coming here, rejoining murray and brown.
Charlston Rambo? Is that like a TikTok thing?
*could have
boom roasted
Nice!
Nothing to see here. If this were a MLB Player people would go nuts
Just amazing how little people care in the NFL tp be honest. I mean, D-Hop’s no rando either.
I’m saving my anger til we get the standard “I didn’t know there was a banned substance in the vitamin supplement I’ve been taking for years” statement, and subsequent “he’s never done anything like this before, and deserves a gigantic new contract” from his agent.
The suspension should be for an entire year.
That’s one game more than a player would total for four different acts of domestic or sexual violence.
A TEAM should never benefit from someone’s PED use.
Why are dopers allowed to EVER play in the playoffs???
The ring should be for legit champions , not cheats.
Ah yes, because none of these other guys are taking anything fishy.
Ohh man… do we really have to go and take all the rings off the patriots? Or are we good with cheating?
Yes, take all the rings off the Cheatriots. The NFL will be all the better for it.
Lol we don’t even any of the details regarding this positive test.
So he’s not hesitant about ALL injections.
N’Keal Harry for Andy Isabella makes most sense.
Isabella = Speed and return to college state.
Harry = big body possession guy + good blocker returns to college state too.
Both need a change of scenery to have a shot.
N’Keal has zero value. That is never going to happen. Dude is a bust.
Throw in Steve Keim and Isabella and the Cardinals should do that in a heartbeat. Don’t worry if Keim is late to the party he is busy learning how not to get a DUI or running a DRAFT.
Just one more reason for not joining that dynasty league your being told is much better than the standard fantasy league.
What?