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Cardinals' DeAndre Hopkins: WRs Should Get Credit for Pass Interference Yards

Joseph ZuckerNov 13, 2020

Arizona Cardinals star DeAndre Hopkins continues to show he's one of the NFL's best pass-catchers, even without gaudy statistics.

Hopkins had three catches for 30 yards in Arizona's Week 9 loss to the Miami Dolphins, but his numbers probably would've been more impressive had he not been the victim of four pass interference penalties.

"As long as the ball moves, that's all I care about," he told reporters Friday. "But I do think the rules should change and receivers should get counted those yards."

Adding that penalty yardage to a receiver's overall total would assume he was going to catch the pass, which isn't a given. Having said that, tracking how many yards receivers have amassed in pass interference flags would be a nice companion stat to traditional metrics.