The Chiefs moved one step nearer to profitable their third consecutive Lombardi Trophy on Wednesday.
Early within the day, NFL insider Adam Schefter reported that Kansas Metropolis had agreed to commerce with the Tennessee Titans to ship large receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Chiefs.
Hopkins was broadly anticipated to be obtainable in commerce discussions after Tennessee’s tough 1-5 begin.
As Schefter famous, he will get a major enhance in quarterback play, going the Titans’ scrapheap of Will Levis and Mason Rudolph to the rarefied air of catching passes from two-time league MVP Patrick Mahomes.
However the transfer is most vital to the Chiefs, who lastly have a reliable No. 1 large receiver for Mahomes to throw to.
This season, Hopkins is averaging a career-low 28.8 yards per recreation, with 15 receptions for 173 yards and a landing within the Titans’ first six video games. However, he is one yr faraway from his seventh profession 1,000-yard season, posting 75 receptions, 1,057 yards and 7 touchdowns in 2023 with the Titans.
It did not take a lot to land him both, with Schefter reporting Kansas Metropolis solely despatched a conditional fourth-round decide to Tennessee to finish the transaction.
The five-time Professional Bowler has been recovering from a preseason knee damage and missed the final portion of Week 7’s 34-10 loss to the Payments with what Titans head coach Brian Callahan described as “decrease leg soreness.”
At 6-0, the Chiefs needn’t rush Hopkins into their beginning lineup. When he is prepared, Hopkins might make Kansas Metropolis unstoppable.
With Mahomes at quarterback and the protection ranked fifth in scoring (17.2 factors allowed per recreation), the Chiefs had been already arguably the league’s greatest group.
However Hopkins and tight finish Travis Kelce give Kansas Metropolis two wonderful targets who command defensive consideration.
The remainder of the NFL will get up on Wednesday with worse odds of profitable the Tremendous Bowl than that they had going to mattress Tuesday evening.
By including Hopkins, Kansas Metropolis simply acquired higher.
