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Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) scores a touchdown past Green Bay Packers cornerback Eric Stokes (21) and safety Xavier McKinney (29) during the third quarter at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Report: Chiefs acquiring WR DeAndre Hopkins from Titans

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The Kansas City Chiefs are acquiring three-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins from the Tennessee Titans in exchange for a conditional fourth-round draft pick, multiple outlets reported Wednesday morning.

The trade is expected to be completed later on Wednesday, per ESPN.

The Chiefs have endured several significant injuries at the position this season.

Offseason acquisition Marquise “Hollywood” Brown sustained a season-ending shoulder injury in the preseason. Rashee Rice’s season came to an abrupt end due to a right knee injury in Week 4, and JuJu Smith-Schuster aggravated a hamstring injury in Kansas City’s 28-18 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Smith-Schuster already has been ruled out for the Chiefs (6-0) ahead of this Sunday’s game against the host Las Vegas Raiders (2-5).

Hopkins, 32, has 15 catches for 173 yards and a touchdown in six games (three starts) this season.

A five-time Pro Bowl selection, Hopkins led the Titans in catches (75), receiving yards (1,057) and receiving touchdowns (seven) in 17 games (16 starts) last season.

Hopkins has 943 career receptions for 12,528 yards and 79 touchdowns in 168 games (164 starts) for the Houston Texans (2013-19), Arizona Cardinals (2020-22) and Titans.

The Texans selected him 27th overall in the 2013 NFL Draft out of Clemson.

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Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins fields questions from the media on the second day of training camp Thursday, July 25, 2024.

Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins (knee) returns to practice

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Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins participated in practice on Wednesday, marking a positive step in his recovery from a knee injury he sustained in late July.

Hopkins was slated to be sidelined four-to-six weeks. Now, he’s trending in the right direction with the Titans’ season opener against the host Chicago Bears looming on Sunday.

While Tennessee coach Brian Callahan wasn’t ready to declare Hopkins a go against the Bears, he said he liked what he saw from the three-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl selection.

“He looks like Hop,” Callahan said. “He’s been really communicative about how he feels and where his body’s at and making sure he’s getting to work to be ready to play. Everything he’s done has been exactly what we’re looking for in terms of communication and process, so that’s been positive.”

Hopkins led the Titans in catches (75), receiving yards (1,057) and receiving touchdowns (seven) in 17 games (16 starts) last season.

Hopkins, 32, has 928 career receptions for 12,355 yards and 78 TDs in 162 games (161 starts) for the Houston Texans (2013-19), Arizona Cardinals (2020-22) and Titans.

The Texans selected him 27th overall in the 2013 NFL Draft out of Clemson.

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Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) celebrates receiving a pass next to Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. (3) during the fourth quarter at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023.

Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins (ankle) active vs. Browns

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Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is listed as active for Sunday’s game against the host Cleveland Browns.

This past week, Hopkins turned in a full practice on Wednesday, a limited session on Thursday and did not participate in practice on Friday as he deals with a nagging ankle injury.

Hopkins, 31, did not practice ahead of Week 2 due to the injury he sustained on the last offensive play for the Titans (1-1) in their 16-15 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 10. He then played last Sunday and had four catches for 40 yards in a 27-24 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Chargers.

A three-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl selection, Hopkins has 864 catches for 11,403 yards and 71 touchdowns in 147 games (all starts) with the Houston Texans (2013-19), Arizona Cardinals (2020-22) and Titans.

While Hopkins is active for the Titans, the team listed the following players as inactive: quarterback Will Levis, wide receiver Colton Dowell, cornerback Kindle Vildor, linebackers Caleb Murphy and Trevis Gipson, and offensive linemen Peter Skoronski and Jaelyn Duncan.

As for the Browns (1-1), they ruled out cornerback Greg Newsome II, safety Ronnie Hickman, center Luke Wypler, defensive end Isaiah McGuire, defensive tackle Siaki Ika and offensive tackle James Hudson III.

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DeAndre Hopkins had 1,407 yards receiving in his first season with the Cardinals (2020), but combined for 1,289 yards in the previous two seasons.

Titans’ Mike Vrabel on DeAndre Hopkins: ‘Confident’ he’ll help

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Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel on Tuesday defended his team’s reported signing of DeAndre Hopkins after the club failed in its previous attempt to bring in a veteran high-profile wide receiver.

The Titans’ previously attempted to bolster their wide receiver room in 2021 with the signing of star Julio Jones. The seven-time Pro Bowl selection, however, finished with just 31 catches for 434 yards and one touchdown in 10 games during his lone season with Tennessee.

On Sunday, multiple media outlets reported Hopkins will sign with the Titans on a two-year, $26 million contract worth up to $32 million with incentives. He reportedly will receive a base salary of $12 million in the first season with a chance to increase to $15 million.

“I don’t think whatever happened in the past with another player is going to apply to this particular player,” Vrabel said on Bussin’ With The Boys podcast. “If things come up, we’ll have to work through them. We wouldn’t have signed him or wanted to sign him if we weren’t confident he’d help us.”

Hopkins, 31, and Vrabel were together with the Houston Texans when the latter was their linebackers coach (2014-16) and defensive coordinator (2017). Hopkins met with the team in Nashville last month.

The Arizona Cardinals released Hopkins on May 26 after they reportedly failed to find a trade partner.

A three-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl selection, Hopkins has 853 catches for 11,298 yards and 71 touchdowns in 145 games (all starts) with the Texans (2013-19) and Cardinals.

Hopkins had 64 catches for 717 yards with three touchdowns during a 2022 season in which he missed the first six games while serving a suspension for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. He sat out the final two games with a knee injury.

Since trading A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles ahead of the 2022 season, the Titans have been looking for a new WR1. Treylon Burks, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Kyle Philips are the current projected starters.

This is the first major splash for new Titans general manager Ran Carthon, who was hired in January to replace Jon Robinson.

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Nov 27, 2022; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Los Angeles Chargers in the first half at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Report: DeAndre Hopkins visits Pats, in no rush to sign

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Free agent wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is meeting with the New England Patriots on Thursday but is “not in a major rush” to sign, ESPN reported.

Hopkins is willing to wait until training camp or early August to sign and the Patriots would have to make a “very sweet offer” to get his name on a contract this week, per the report.

The five-time Pro Bowl selection met with the Tennessee Titans last weekend but has a coaching connection with the Patriots.

The offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in New England is Bill O’Brien, whose head coaching tenure in Houston (2014-20) overlapped with Hopkins’ time with the Texans (2013-19). However, it was O’Brien, also the general manager at the time, who traded Hopkins to Arizona in March 2020.

The Arizona Cardinals released Hopkins, 31, on May 30 after three seasons after they reportedly failed to find a trade partner.

A three-time All-Pro, Hopkins recorded 221 receptions for 2,696 yards and 17 touchdowns in his three seasons in Arizona. He has 853 catches for 11,298 yards and 71 TDs in 145 career games (all starts).

Hopkins had 64 catches for 717 yards with three scores during a 2022 season in which he missed the first six games after being suspended for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy. He missed the final two games with a knee injury.

The Patriots’ wide receivers room includes JuJu Smith-Schuster, DeVante Parker, Tyquan Thornton and a pair of rookie sixth-round draft picks, Kayshon Boutte and Demario Douglas.

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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) runs with the ball after a catch against the New England Patriots during the third quarter at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Dec. 12, 2022.

Report: WR DeAndre Hopkins to visit Patriots next week

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Free agent wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins will visit the New England Patriots next week, NFL Network reported Friday.

The five-time Pro Bowl selection is scheduled to meet with the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, according to earlier reports.

The offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in New England is Bill O’Brien, whose head coaching tenure in Houston (2014-20) overlapped with Hopkins’ time with the Texans (2013-19).

The Arizona Cardinals released Hopkins, 31, on May 30 after three seasons after they reportedly failed to find a trade partner.

While the Cardinals cleared $8.15 million in salary cap space with the move, they incurred a dead cap hit of $22.6 million, per Spotrac.

A three-time All-Pro, Hopkins recorded 221 receptions for 2,696 yards and 17 touchdowns in his three seasons in Arizona. He has 853 catches for 11,298 yards and 71 TDs in 145 career games (all starts).

Hopkins had 64 catches for 717 yards with three scores during a 2022 season in which he missed the first six games after being suspended for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy. He missed the final two games with a knee injury.

The Patriots’ wide receivers room includes JuJu Smith-Schuster, DeVante Parker, Tyquan Thornton and a pair of rookie sixth-round draft picks, Kayshon Boutte and Demario Douglas.

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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) takes the field before they take on the New Orleans Saints at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Oct. 20, 2022.

Report: Free agent WR DeAndre Hopkins to visit Titans

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Free agent wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is flying to Nashville on Sunday to meet with the Tennessee Titans, NFL Network reported Wednesday.

Hopkins and Titans coach Mike Vrabel were together with the Houston Texans when Vrabel was their linebackers coach (2014-16) and defensive coordinator (2017).

The Arizona Cardinals released Hopkins on May 26 after three seasons after they reportedly failed to find a trade partner.

While the Cardinals cleared $8.15 million in salary cap space with the move, they will take dead cap hit of $22.6 million, per Spotrac.

A three-time All-Pro, Hopkins recorded 221 receptions for 2,696 yards and 17 touchdowns in his three seasons in Arizona.

Hopkins had 64 catches for 717 yards with three touchdowns during a 2022 season in which he missed the first six games while serving a suspension for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. He sat out the final two games with a knee injury.

The five-time Pro Bowl selection has 853 catches for 11,298 yards and 71 TDs in 145 games (all starts) for Houston (2013-19) and Arizona.

Since trading A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles ahead of the 2022 season, the Titans have been looking for a new WR1. Treylon Burks, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Kyle Phillips are the current projected starters.

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Dec 15, 2019; Nashville, TN, USA; Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) and Houston Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) walk off the field after warmups before the game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

Deshaun Watson would welcome reunion with DeAndre Hopkins

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Quarterback Deshaun Watson made it crystal clear Tuesday that he’d love for the Cleveland Browns to sign his former teammate DeAndre Hopkins.

Hopkins, a five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, was released by the Arizona Cardinals on Friday after three seasons with the club. He spent his first seven NFL seasons with the Houston Texans, earning three All-Pro honors.

“Me and D-Hop, we just naturally talk. We’ve been talking since the Houston days, and whenever he was in Arizona, we were always talking,” Watson said at the Browns Foundation Golf outing at Westwood Country Club. “He’s always been a brother of mine since I was coming out of high school. Our connection, our relationship has always been great. And I know there’s a lot of things swirling around in the media about him possibly coming to Cleveland.
“For me, my answer to that is, of course we’d love to have him.”

Hopkins noted that he’s looking for three things in a team when speaking on a podcast with Brandon Marshall last week. Per Hopkins, he wants stable management, a quarterback who “loves the game like I do” and “a great defense.”

“I’ll just say this, D-Hop, DeAndre Hopkins would love to be in a place where the opportunity is there for us to win,” Watson said Tuesday. “We check all those boxes and I think for us to know and make sure we check all those boxes on the national stage, we’ve got to go out there and prove it and I think D-Hop would love to be a part of that.”

The Browns, however, have a crowded wide receiver room, led by Amari Cooper and Donovan Peoples-Jones. They also added Elijah Moore and Marquise Goodwin in the offseason, and selected Cedric Tillman in the third round of the draft.

“I really, really like our wide receiver room,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said at the same event. “I love the guys that are in there. Andrew and his crew are always looking at every avenue, so I won’t comment specifically on the player other than to say that I really like our roster.”

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Dec 12, 2022; Glendale, Ariz., USA; Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) runs with the ball after a catch against the New England Patriots during the third quarter at State Farm Stadium. Nfl Cardinals Patriots 1213 New England Patriots At Arizona Cardinals

Cardinals release WR DeAndre Hopkins

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Star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins was released by the Arizona Cardinals on Friday after three seasons with the club.

The move comes with the Cardinals reportedly unable to find a trade partner for Hopkins, who skipped the start of voluntary organized team activities.

Hopkins, who will turn 31 on June 6, had two years and $34.36 million in base pay left on his contract. He can now sign with any NFL team, with ESPN reporting the Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots reportedly interested.

A three-time All-Pro, Hopkins recorded 221 receptions for 2,696 yards and 17 touchdowns in his three seasons in Arizona.

Hopkins had 64 catches for 717 yards with three touchdowns during a 2022 season in which he missed the first six games while serving a suspension for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. He sat out the final two games with a knee injury.

The Cardinals’ top wide receivers are Marquise Brown, Greg Dortch and Rondale Moore.

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Dec 25, 2022; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Arizona Cardinals receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) warms up before their game agaionst the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Rondone-USA TODAY Sports

Report: Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins on trade block

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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins could be part of the housecleaning effort under way and the franchise is considering making the All-Pro available in trade talks, according to reports.

The Score first reported Hopkins, who has a no-trade clause and would have control of his destination, could be on the move in the coming weeks.

NFL trades cannot become official until the first day of the NFL league year in March, but terms are often established in the weeks between the end of the regular season and the Super Bowl. Similar deals have been executed in recent offseasons, including the blockbusters involving wide receiver Davante Adams and quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Matthew Stafford.

Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill fired head coach Kliff Kingsbury on Monday and general manager Steve Keim will not return to focus on his health.

Hopkins, 30, has two years and $34.36 million left on his contract. The report indicates Hopkins would like to renegotiate the deal after the market was reset last spring by Adams and Tyreek Hill, among others.

Teams with known needs for a lead receiver including the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots, franchises with ample salary cap space and draft capital to entice the Cardinals should either team have interest in acquiring Hopkins.

He was acquired from the Houston Texans by Keim in 2020 and caught 17 touchdowns in three seasons with the team. Hopkins missed eight games in 2022. He sat out the first six serving a suspension and missed the final two with a knee injury.

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