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Bill O'Brien's reputation comes with dire consequences in 1 specific area

Mar 18, 2020, 6:32 pm

The Texans surprised a lot of people when they traded DeAndre Hopkins to the Cardinals this week, and many wondered about the motivation for the trade. Wednesday, Michael Irvin reported that Hopkins and O'Brien have a strained relationship which had something to do with Hopkins being traded.

ESPN 97.5's Barry Laminack, A.J. Hoffman, and Raheel Ramzanali discuss how O'Brien's reported treatment of players could cause future free agents to avoid Houston, and current players to look elsewhere when their contracts are up.

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