Kansas City Chiefs WR DeAndre Hopkins now has a chance to change the trajectory of his legacy
This whole season has been riddled with injury issues for the Kansas City Chiefs. Now, it feels like most of them have come on the offensive side of the ball, and that may or may not be true, but you cannot underestimate the impact those offensive injuries have had on this team, especially in the […]
This whole season has been riddled with injury issues for the Kansas City Chiefs. Now, it feels like most of them have come on the offensive side of the ball, and that may or may not be true, but you cannot underestimate the impact those offensive injuries have had on this team, especially in the wide receiver room.
Hollywood Brown, Rashee Rice, JuJu Smith-Schuster, and other players on that side of the ball have dealt with injuries that have either kept them out for a long period or have had them severely banged up during the games, hindering the way the offense works.
But, after a trade early Wednesday morning, the Chiefs are in prime position to have the absolute best offense in the league when the playoffs swing around. They have traded for DeAndre Hopkins, a pairing that has always felt inevitable, and they are getting him at the perfect time.
In fact, the Chiefs are going to try to get him up to speed this week against the Las Vegas Raiders. Now, whether that will happen or not is still to be seen, as we know this is no offense you can just learn in half a week, not even a full week. But, if he does, the Chiefs will certainly use him.
One of the biggest things regarding this trade, that really isn't being talked about enough, is how much this actually helps Hopkins. He is still one of the better receivers in the league, but once claimed the title of the best. Since then, he has been on some pretty bad teams.
Before this year, he was a combined 11-29 in his previous two years, and this year on the Tennessee Titans he is 1-5. That's the Titans and Arizona Cardinals that have pretty much wasted his talent for two seasons. And then before that, he was on the Houston Texans, where he only had a few playoff appearances, only to be bounced in the first round, including once by the Chiefs.
Being on the Chiefs will give him a chance to actually compete for a ring, and maybe even win one. His legacy will only grow from this. Let's say they win the Super Bowl, he now has a legacy that isn't just a guy who played a few playoff games and never had the success he needed and wanted.
The Chiefs can dramatically help Hopkins' legacy.
