The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl without a star wide receiver, but they could reportedly make an elite offense even scarier by acquiring DeAndre Hopkins.
NFL insider Benjamin Albright told PHNX Cardinals that Kansas City is the "primary suitor" for Hopkins. He doesn't know the draft compensation the Cardinals would receive, but he said it's more likely they get a second-round pick than a first.
After the 2022 season, theScore's Jordan Schultz reported that the Cardinals plan to trade Hopkins this offseason.
Arizona hired a new general manager and head coach after a disappointing four-win season, and Hopkins is set to make $19.45 million (with a $30.75 million cap hit) in 2023. The Cardinals could seek a clean slate by moving the three-time All-Pro wideout, who turns 31 in June.
Hopkins began his Cardinals career by tallying 1,407 yards and six touchdowns in 2020. However, multiple lower body injuries limited him to 10 games in 2021, and he served a six-game suspension to start the 2022 season for violating the NFL's PED policy.
Yet he remains an impact player when on the field. Hopkins totaled 474 receiving yards in six full games with quarterback Kyler Murray last season.
Now imagine what he can accomplish when catching passes from Patrick Mahomes.
The Chiefs flourished without a star replacement for Tyreek Hill, but they could still benefit by solidifying the position this offseason. JuJu Smith-Schuster is a free agent after garnering 78 catches for 933 yards on a one-year deal. The depth chart features several talented question marks in Mecole Hardman, Kadarius Toney, and Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
Adding Hopkins could be great news for Kansas City, but terrible for all opposing defenses.
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Originally Posted by The Franchise:
Dude they have $1 million in projected cap space next year. ONE MILLION. Their only options for gaining cap space is to restructure Allen and Diggs. And restructuring Allen is going to bump his future cap hits up to $60 million.
Didn’t they already do some with Allen and Diggs contracts? [Reply]
#Cardinals DeAndre Hopkins' trade market headlined by #Bills, per NFL sources. Five-time Pro Bowl selection has plenty of interest on trade market, but financial expectations might impact any further interest from #Chiefs#Ravens not among bidders, per sources.
I cut-and-pasted this right out of Webster's dictionary. So the source is impeccable.
bluff /bləf/ (noun) an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something. "the lack of an offer by Brett Veach was denounced as a bluff"
(verb) try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions. "Has Brett Veach been bluffing by feigning non-interest in Deandre Hopkins?" [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
His name is Skyy Moore.
How come no one likes Skyy Moore anymore?
You can give Juju's snaps to Moore. It's probably what he's suited for. But we're still filling snaps/targets and right now the cupboard is bare. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
Dude they have $1 million in projected cap space next year. ONE MILLION. Their only options for gaining cap space is to restructure Allen and Diggs. And restructuring Allen is going to bump his future cap hits up to $60 million.
Yeah, they are gonna be in a world of trouble soon. We did substantial cleanup of our gap where they’re overcharging the hell out of that credit card. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
They're paying their OL alot of money, paying Jones alot and Mahomes makes alot.
Gonna have to go cheap somewhere.
I think a solid question is how do so many other teams have so much money to spend while also having high priced players yet we talk about how we don't? [Reply]