The Titans and Chiefs are working to finalize a commerce that may ship vast receiver DeAndre Hopkins to Kansas Metropolis, league sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Titans would obtain a conditional fourth-round choose in a commerce that’s anticipated to be accomplished Wednesday, sources stated.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid declined to acknowledge the commerce earlier than follow Wednesday, saying solely that normal supervisor Brett Veach was “coping with all of that.” When pressed concerning the commerce, Reid stated with a slight smile: “I do know nothing.”
The Chiefs have had a necessity at vast receiver since Rashee Rice suffered a proper knee damage in Week 4 that required season-ending surgical procedure. The crew misplaced Marquise “Hollywood” Brown to a shoulder damage within the preseason, and JuJu Smith-Schuster suffered a hamstring damage final week that has already dominated him out for Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Hopkins, a 12-year veteran, is within the remaining season of a two-year deal he signed with the Titans in July 2023. He suffered a torn MCL through the offseason however recovered in time for the season opener.
He has 15 receptions for 173 yards and a landing in six video games in 2024. The five-time Professional Bowler has additionally performed for the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals.
The addition provides quarterback Patrick Mahomes one other goal. Mahomes stated final week that he had “excessive confidence” within the Chiefs’ receiving corps following the trades of two marquee receivers: Davante Adams (who was dealt to the Jets) and Amari Cooper (acquired by the Payments).
However Kansas Metropolis’s high remaining wholesome wideouts, rookie Xavier Worthy and Justin Watson, have a mixed 22 receptions via Week 7.
“I feel the largest factor is simply getting with the coaches. The coaches do a terrific job of getting guys in control, and you’ve got seen that already this yr,” Mahomes stated Wednesday. “I simply attempt to be on the identical web page as the fellows which might be in there.”
Buying a large receiver earlier than the commerce deadline has yielded outcomes for the Chiefs in every of the previous two seasons. They handled the New York Giants for Kadarius Toney in 2022, and Toney scored one landing and arrange one other with a 65-yard punt return within the fourth quarter of the Chiefs’ Tremendous Bowl LVII win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Chiefs traded with the New York Jets for Mecole Hardman final yr. Hardman caught the successful landing in additional time of Tremendous Bowl LVIII in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers.
ESPN’s Adam Teicher and The Related Press contributed to this report.
