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DeAndre Hopkins Wrecks DeAngelo Hall On Field And On Twitter

The competitive nature between wide receivers and defensive backs played out in the first episode of HBO's "Hard Knocks" this season. A squabble between DeAndre Hopkins of the Texans and DeAngelo Hall of the Redskins has spilled over into Twitter in entertaining fashion.

By Capt Ron
Hopkins to Hall: "Olaf, you're melting." - Frozen
Hopkins to Hall: "Olaf, you're melting." - Frozen
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If you watched the first episode of HBO's "Hard Knocks," you likely witnessed DeAngelo Hall running his mouth from the sidelines during a joint practice when the Texans visited Washington for combined training camp activities.  At the end of one play near where Hall was standing on the sidelines, he decided to get up in the face of DeAndre Hopkins in an effort to further fuel the already raging competitiveness between the receivers and defensive backs.

Hopkins had enough with Hall and shot back with: "I fear God, not you boy."

Not long after that scene, Hopkins is lined up against Hall.  The receiver made a sharp cut to the outside for a reception as Hall slipped in the break and was injured as he crumpled to the field.  Hopkins made it clear to Hall; "I just finished it.  I didn't start nothing."

After the airing of this episode, DeAngelo Hall decidedly had enough of this story playing out through the media and chose to send a smug tweet to DeAndre Hopkins showing his obvious frustration:

Hopkins replied with:

Then Hall fired back with some coaching advice:

It appears that Hopkins is taking the high road on this and hasn't replied further.  Fun times!

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