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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The biggest motivator for the Bills to trade for Hopkins at the last minute - beyond the obvious reason of him being awesome - is to keep him as far from KC as possible.
This is as much about hurting the boogeyman as it is about improving their own roster.
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
Well yeah but if Kelce gets hurt…we’re fucked anyways and guys would have to step up.
Eh, I think it's probable that if anything happened to Travis that kept him from playing more than a couple three weeks, we're just fucked. We got away with the WR room we had last season because Travis was the fix-all on every big 3rd down conversion, every 4th down conversion, RZ scoring, big-plays, etc. And he did it mostly through his unmatchable skill set. Not going to get anywhere near that kind of production from Gray or Fortson, or any of the WRs in the room presently either. He's the Jesus bolt. No one else on the team is going to take up that slack.
But that scenario doesn't bear thinking about. If he goes down, we're just done. But there's still a really good chance that doesn't happen, so why think about it too much? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
What do you mean it's not a plan? You just fucking flipped your shit over "Toney is your WR1"
Followed by, "I won't worry about him being hurt until he's hurt" - You say this about a guy who's always hurt.
And you wanna talk about Illogical?
Illogical is hard staning for a WR all year and then throwing a fit when someone says it's time for him to start.
THAT'S illogical.
You say shit like this:
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
Great plan! Wait until an often injured receiver gets hurt!
Then question why people like me and Pest are talking about signing Davis AND drafting a guy. The plan wouldn't be to put Toney at WR1 and pray he stays healthy. Literally nobody is saying that. The plan is to put together a deep group so you can withstand a Toney injury.
Two things can be true:
1. The Chiefs view Toney as their WR1 as it stands today
2. The Chiefs will still protect themselves from a Toney injury, or any other injuries. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Balto:
At some point you will be correct but he showed no sign of slowing down this past season so why couldn't he keep that up for this coming season?
It's not like Veach can't go get another target mid year or even next offseason.
Because he’s 34 and just said he went through the toughest season of his career. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
If you want a guy who can start now, Addison is the most ready.
JSN too.
I personally think Mingo can come into TC and work his way into the starting rotation. But NFL scouts etc seem to think he's a 3rd round pick, so wtf do i know i guess. [Reply]
The biggest motivator for the Bills to trade for Hopkins at the last minute - beyond the obvious reason of him being awesome - is to keep him as far from KC as possible.
This is as much about hurting the boogeyman as it is about improving their own roster.
Originally Posted by staylor26:
You say shit like this:
Then question why people like me and Pest are talking about signing Davis AND drafting a guy. The plan wouldn't be to put Toney at WR1 and pray he stays healthy. Literally nobody is saying that. The plan is to put together a deep group so you can withstand a Toney injury.
Two things can be true:
1. The Chiefs view Toney as their WR1 as it stands today
2. The Chiefs will still protect themselves from a Toney injury, or any other injuries.
And all I said was that i'd rather they just throw rookies at the position and start Skyy Moore than kick the can down the road with another never-will-be.
Yeah, i think Moore, seeing full time snaps, can produce 800 yards for us. So why waste time with slap dicks?
Year 2 Skyy Moore, Toney, and some Rookies. Lets roll, baby. [Reply]