Texans Coach Compares DeAndre Hopkins To Aaron Hernandez, Criticizes His “Baby Mamas”
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DeAndre Hopkins claims that Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien thinks he is problematic and even compared him to the late Aaron Hernandez, who was accused of multiple murders and subsequently committed suicide while in prison. Apparently, O’Brien also had an issue with Hopkins ‘multiple baby mamas.’
All these claims are according to Michael Irvin, who says he spoke to the NFL star after he was traded from Houston.
Irvin appeared on ESPN’s “Get Up” to discuss share his phone call with Hopkins,
“(Hopkins) told me, Michael, it was a bit of a power struggle there because Coach O’Brien thought he had too much influence over the locker room,” Irvin revealed.
Irvin says the relationship between Hopkins and Texans coach Bill O’Brien fell apart after a meeting in which O’Brien brought up the name Aaron Hernandez, who played under O’Brien in New England and was later convicted of murder.
“In that meeting, he started the meeting with telling DeAndre Hopkins this, which blew my mind when DeAndre told me this, he told DeAndre Hopkins, he said, ‘Hey, the last time I had to have a meeting like this it was with Aaron Hernandez,’” Irvin said. “I was like, ‘What? He put in Aaron Hernandez in this meeting?’ He said, ‘Yes, he did.’ He said, ‘Michael, that blew my mind that he would even bring that up. I’ve never been in any trouble. I don’t know why he would equate me with Aaron Hernandez.’ And, from there, the meeting just deteriorated.”
“He told DeAndre that he doesn’t like that he has his baby mommas around sometimes,” Irvin added. “And, I think from there, the relationship just went bad.”
However, after Irvin shared the news, Hopkins took to Twitter to say that it has been blown out of proportion.
“This is being blown way out of proportion. As I’ve said before, I enjoyed and am proud of my time with the Texans. I have the utmost respect for Coach O’Brien and that will not change. Now, I’m ready to play for the Cardinals,” he tweeted.
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