Now that the adrenaline and raw happiness from yesterday’s breaking news has finally settled down, it’s time to take a step back and look at the several different ways in which signing All-Pro wide receiver, DeAndre Hopkins, positively impacts the Tennessee Titans’ offense.
Many are seriously downplaying the type of impact this move could potentially have on the Titans’ offense.
The detractors are ignorantly assuming this move is destined for failure solely because of previous failed attempts at trying to get the most out of a 30-year-old future Hall of Fame wide receiver.
However, in reality, these situations are entirely different.
RIP: 2023, DeAndre Hopkins career.
Tennessee is where receivers go to die.
He should’ve gone to KC or Philly and played with competent quarterbacks and have a chance to win a ring.
(Also if he would have played well with Mahomes or Hurts and got a ring, he would get PAID…
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) July 16, 2023
Via my friend @DaveKluge, the truth is in the pudding pic.twitter.com/sWtkMcFwrp
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) July 16, 2023
When Andre Johnson was signed by the Titans, he was coming off a season where he averaged around 32 yards per game.
Randy Moss was claimed off waivers in the middle of the season after being traded by the Patriots and subsequently cut by the Vikings within a span of six weeks.
Then you have Julio Jones, who was already showing major signs of decline in his health when the Titans decided to take their chance and sign him in order to take that next step.
Hopkins doesn’t have anything close to the injury concerns that Jones had, and he is coming off a season where he averaged nearly 80 yards per game and was on pace for another 1,300-yard (or more) season had he not been suspended for more than 35 percent of the campaign.
Adding to that, the Cardinals’ starting quarterback, Kyler Murray, missed four of those nine games and exited another one after throwing a single pass.
Per @ESPNStatsInfo last season @DeAndreHopkins only had ONE drop on 95 targets. The catch below is an example of how he makes QBs right. This should have been an INT instead it's a completion. https://t.co/4WdgP3JRB6
— TURRON DAVENPORT (@TDavenport_NFL) July 17, 2023
This move definitely has its risks, but the potential benefits far outweigh the concerns that would’ve been there had the Titans not secured the services of the superstar pass-catcher.
This article is going to discuss five different ways in which D-Hop makes the Titans better the second he arrives in Nashville. Let’s get to it.