I came upon this doing a little poking around. I know this staff has managed some guys due to injury, but I think some of the same things that see him viewed as not a fit for NE, are some of the same reasons here. I love talent tho…
Bert Breer: The problem the Texans had with Hopkins was that he doesn’t really practice. That’s just because he physically broke down a little bit. He’s got a lot of mileage on his legs. Three years ago, when the Cardinals traded for him, they had to manage him in a certain way. He wasn’t practicing much during the week at all. With certain veteran players, you can afford that.
Are the Patriots willing to do that? A certain type of team has to absorb those problems. If you’re shooting for DeAndre Hopkins, he would instantly be the highest-paid player on the team. He’d be the most prominent player on the team too. He would naturally become the tone-setter.
Bert Breer: Younger guys that played with Randy Moss would go up to him and say, “Dude, I played with you in Madden when I was in high school.”.
Hopkins is at that point now. He’s been in the league for long enough that he holds a certain standing as a result. Can you afford that type of guy who stands there in sweatpants on a Thursday?
You have to remember Hopkins has played barely half of a season the last 2 years. So you can’t just look at the bottom line number. You have to look at the yards per game. His 79.7 yards per game in 2022 is higher than any year of Marvin Jones entire career. And its good for 1,350 yards if he played 17 games. Marvin has been at 33 and 49 yards per game the last 2 seasons.
Sign me up. If he’d take a 1 year 8-10 million dollar deal, I’m all for it. Good help until Jamo gets back. Take some pressure off Jamo when he does come back
“Right now, everything is about the work, and it will be when we get into training camp,” Campbell said. “We’ve got a brand-new team that we’ve got to build from the ground up again. Yeah, we’ve got a foundation, but yeah, man, we’ve got to get the chemistry right, we’ve got a lot of new faces. And all of that other stuff won’t matter if we don’t put the work back in. So that, to me, is the focus.”
No one in the NFL right now is dumb enough to do that type of deal with an 31 y.o. WR except maybe George Paton. And now that Sean Payton is in Denver, he’d never allow it.
I can’t remember the exact terms, but Hopkins had two years left on his deal at about 35mil total. A team could have traded for him at that contract, but thought it was too much.
Rumor is the Chiefs and Bills got scared off once Beckham got 15mil.
Hopkins isn’t getting much more than 12mil AAV this late in the off-season. My guess is the Chiefs and Bills aren’t interested in anything higher than 8-10mil. I could see him signing somewhere unexpected, like Miami, as they try to be relevant in a very tough division/conference. The Panthers are also a sneaky option.
I honestly wish we would sign him, but I really don’t think he fits the culture they are trying to build. I would be floored if we showed any legit interest.
Josh Reynolds and Marvin Jones (as you mentioned) are not exactly seperators. We have those guys in Jamo, St. Brown, Raymond, Gibbs, and LaPorta. I am of the mindset that you need a diverse skillset among your WR group. Hopkins brings a skillset we desperately lack right now. I think the on field fit is a lot better than some here think, but the off the field fit may not work. Thats not to say I think Hopkins is a bad guy because I don’t. I just think if the issues with his practice habits are true they will shy away.
There has already been some serious concerns with Jamo’s practice habits so why would they bring in a veteran like Hopkins for Jamo to learn bad habits from. Once again, that is assuming the reports are true.
But, Hopkins has a lot of experience and knows the league and refs well, he could really help the WR room with gambling tips and suggestions. Something to keep in mind.
That’s only 2 games more than a full season….
ot a 1153 yard pace for a full season.
He missed 6 games because of a really weak “PED” suspension (ostarine is not a PED)… and missed some substantial time in 2021 with injuries for the first time in his career.
In 2022… when D-Hop returned from his BS suspension.,
he put up numbers that would have been a 153 catch season… for over 1350 yards.
How many here that want Hopkins went bonkers when I said bring the band back with Golladay on vet min? I know he’s ten times the player but same type of possession guy w no separation at this point in there careers
