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Hopkins TikToks Easterby, Mocks Trade Talk, Free Agent

7/12/2026

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DeAndre Hopkins posted a TikTok mocking Jack Easterby, captioning it “Preparing for the Netflix doc on surviving a pastor turned NFL GM”.
Jack Easterby, Texans’ EVP (2019-22), advocated trading Hopkins in summer 2019, saying “We need to move on from that person.”
Following the Texans’ 1-3-1 start in 2022 and Easterby’s firing, Hopkins replied with a laughing-face emoji and stays a free agent who could return to Houston.

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DeAndre Hopkins posted a TikTok mocking Jack Easterby, captioning it “Preparing for the Netflix doc on surviving a pastor turned NFL GM”.
Jack Easterby, Texans’ EVP (2019-22), advocated trading Hopkins in summer 2019, saying “We need to move on from that person.”
Following the Texans’ 1-3-1 start in 2022 and Easterby’s firing, Hopkins replied with a laughing-face emoji and stays a free agent who could return to Houston.