Ravens' Henry: Keep calling Hopkins 'washed'

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens moving backmost Derrick Henry doesn't caput the trash speech directed astatine wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. In fact, helium is encouraging it.

"Hopefully, they support calling him 'washed' due to the fact that that [s---] has been working," Henry said with a grin aft Friday's practice. "We request it."

At the property of 33, Hopkins has enjoyed a resurgent commencement with the Ravens. In his archetypal 2 games with Baltimore, the five-time Pro Bowl receiver has scored by making pugnacious contested catches, signaling touchdowns of 23 and 29 yards.

Ravens backmost Lamar Jackson archetypal brought up the extracurricular disapproval of Hopkins "being washed" aft Sunday's 41-17 win implicit the Cleveland Browns.

"But he's showing otherwise," Jackson said. "The feline has immense hands to drawback the shot - 1 hand, 2 fingers - it doesn't truly matter."

In the season-opening 41-40 loss successful Buffalo, Hopkins made his 4th one-handed touchdown drawback since 2017, which is tied for the astir successful the NFL implicit that span. In the triumph implicit the Browns, Hopkins pulled successful a 23-yard reception from Jackson with precise small separation successful the extremity zone.

When the Ravens play the Detroit Lions connected Monday night, Hopkins is looking to go the archetypal Ravens subordinate to nutrient a touchdown drawback successful each of Baltimore's archetypal 3 games of a season.

"I deliberation helium has done this his full career," Henry said of Hopkins' quality to marque plays astatine this signifier of his career. "Everybody knows that stigma, erstwhile you get up successful age, each of a sudden, thing has changed."

Hopkins signed a one-year, $5 cardinal with Baltimore this offseason aft struggling successful 2024. With the Titans and Chiefs, Hopkins was held to vocation lows of 38.1 yards receiving per crippled and 10.9 yards per catch.

With the Ravens, Hopkins has made a large interaction with not overmuch playing time. He was connected the tract for 18 snaps successful Week 1 and 10 snaps successful Week 2.

"We're conscionable going to proceed to get him up to speed," Ravens violative coordinator Todd Monken said. "With each day, I deliberation his packages are going to proceed to turn arsenic we support going and moving forward. And we person to person that beryllium the case, due to the fact that he's a tremendous shot player. The much we tin get him connected the field, the amended we're going to beryllium astatine moving forward."