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The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired All-Pro WR DeAndre Hopkins from the Tennessee Titans, giving the offense a boost after several key injuries. (Photo by Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images)
Over the past week, fantasy football content producers everywhere have united around a simple yet powerful message: Patrick Mahomes isn’t helping and can be dropped without regret.
After Wednesday’s trade sending DeAndre Hopkins to Kansas City, perhaps you will reevaluate the rest-of-season projection for the game’s best quarterback.
It was always likely that Mahomes would receive a lifeline ahead of the trade deadline and it finally happened this week. It’s possible Kansas City isn’t yet finished with enhancements to the receiving room. Mahomes has been an undeniable fantasy disappointment at his draft price, but let’s not pretend he isn’t still an actual magician playing quarterback. He’s been severely outgunned this year, force-feeding targets to a rogue gallery of receivers, yet the Chiefs are sitting at 6-0.
No matter what you think of Hopkins at this stage in his career, he’s clearly a significant upgrade to KC’s offense. The team had a screaming need for a reliable playmaking receiver capable of winning at multiple levels and in contested situations; the Chiefs just addressed that need at a reasonable cost. Mahomes gets a value boost.
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Hopkins is, of course, 32 years old and he entered this season with a knee issue, then was sidelined late in Week 7 by leg soreness, so it’s not as if there are no red flags attached. But the separation data actually looks just fine, in line with other brand-name receivers, and he’s caught over 70% of his targets from a pair of not-so-accurate passers this season, so it’s tough to build a case that he’s completely washed.
Let’s recall that Hopkins managed to catch 75 balls last year and deliver…
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Publish date : 2024-10-23 14:14:42
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