Former Arizona Cardinals GM accused of multiple schemes, including one that cost DeAndre Hopkins $13 million

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Former NFL general manager and league executive of the year Steve Keim is being implicated in multiple defamatory schemes, but he has yet to respond to those except to friends and business associates he's communicated with.

Keim, the former Arizona Cardinals general manager, is being accused by former Cardinals player DeAndre Hopkins of somehow setting him up for a failed NFL test that returned positive results for performance-enhancing drugs.

That test eventually led to the Keim and the Cardinals releasing Hopkins in 2023.

"I got set up when I played for his team and lost 13 million," Hopkins wrote in a reply to an Instagram post over the weekend. "Skeme Slime was my GM, contaminated drug test, go figure how that happened."

CARDINALS CUT DEANDRE HOPKINS BUT OTHER TEAMS ARE INTERESTED

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 03: DeAndre Hopkins #10 of the Arizona Cardinals reacts to an offensive pass interference call during the third quarter against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on January 03, 2021 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

Hopkins was suspended for the first six games of the 2022 season after violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances. An independent expert concluded the banned substance likely came from a "contaminated" supplement, but the NFL upheld the suspension because players are strictly liable for prohibited substances found in their systems.

The suspension had significant financial consequences beyond the six-game NFL penalty. Because his contract contained