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Deshaun Watson expressed his hope and desire to reunite with his former Houston Texans teammate DeAndre Hopkins, but this time in a Cleveland Browns uniform.
Watson made his comments Tuesday afternoon, at the Browns Foundation Golf outing at Westwood Country Club in Rocky River, Ohio. Those comments come after Hopkins was cut by the Arizona Cardinals on Friday morning. Since his release there have been rumors circulating about where the five-time Pro Bowl receiver will land, and with these comments, Watson has put his bid in the race, telling Cleveland.com:
“Me and D-Hop, we just naturally talk. We’ve been talking since the Houston days, and whenever he was in Arizona, we were always talking. He’s always been a brother of mine since I was coming out of high school. Our connection, our relationship has always been great. And I know there’s a lot of things swirling around in the media about him possibly coming to Cleveland. For me, my answer to that is, of course we’d love to have him.”
Watson and Hopkins are both former Clemson Tigers, and played together for the Texans from 2017-19. During that tenure, Hopkins caught 315 passes for 4,115 yards, and 31 touchdowns. Hopkins made the Pro Bowl and first team All-Pro for all three seasons he was with Watson.
Though Watson was not on Hopkins’ list of the top five quarterbacks of whom he’d like to play with, which he disclosed on the "I AM ATHLETE" podcast, Cleveland could still be a great fit.
On Tuesday morning, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that Hopkins hired agent Kelton Crenshaw of Klutch Sports to represent him. This news comes after reports surfaced that the NFL Players Association showed that Hopkins was unrepresented, which raised some issues with teams who were interested in signing the star receiver. Hopkins hiring Crenshaw hints that the receiver is looking to make a deal soon.
Finances and an already full wide receiver corps are big obstacles in the road for a Watson-Hopkins reunion. Cleveland has only about $6.7 million in salary-cap space, per Spotrac, so in order to sign Hopkins, who reportedly expects a “significant” contract offer, the Browns would have to maneuver and restructure their cash in order to get close to Hopkins’ asking price.
On top of that, this offseason the Browns added Elijah Moore and Marquise Goodwin to their wide receiver corps that is led by Amari Cooper. Cleveland also drafted wideout Cedric Tillman out of Tennessee in the third round last month.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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