The Titans and Chiefs are working to finalize a commerce that will ship broad receiver DeAndre Hopkins to Kansas Metropolis, league sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Titans would obtain a conditional fourth-round decide in a commerce that’s anticipated to be accomplished Wednesday, sources stated.
The Chiefs have had a necessity at broad 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 towards the Las Vegas Raiders.
Hopkins, a 12-year veteran, is within the ultimate season of a two-year deal he signed with the Titans in July 2013. He suffered a torn MCL throughout the offseason however recovered in time for the season opener.
He has 15 receptions for 173 yards and a landing in six video games this season. The five-time Professional Bowler has additionally performed for the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals.
The addition offers quarterback Patrick Mahomes one other goal. Mahomes had stated final week that he had “excessive confidence” within the Chiefs’ receivers following the marquee trades of Davante Adams and Amari Cooper.
However Kansas Metropolis’s two remaining wholesome wideouts, rookie Xavier Worthy and Justin Watson, have a mixed 22 receptions by way of Week 7.
Buying a large receiver earlier than the commerce deadline has labored out 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 extra time of Tremendous Bowl LVIII towards the San Francisco 49ers.
ESPN’s Adam Teicher contributed to this report.
