Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
The Chiefs will try to lowball him and he’ll wind up somewhere else. Buffalo? Carolina?
This is why we want dhop. For reerun fans of other teams to quiver in fear even more and pray we don’t get him. That is a good enough reason for me. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Well this is a good point. If he wants to go somewhere where he will get a lot of exposure and be the undeniable #1 WR it’s with us. Could really cash in next Spring in that scenario.
Totally speculative — but a short-term deal with the Chiefs would make so much sense to me. The fact Hopkins is available via free agency shows you his value needs to be improved. Nowhere better to do it right now than KC. Win-win. https://t.co/l4QzxFOjuj
Darlington has been riding the he needs to go to KC wagon since before the draft. He did a whole piece about it on ESPN and his personal view was Kansas City was far and away the best place for Hopkins. [Reply]
They could restructure Kelce's contract. It would give them around $7-8 million in cap space and make his cap hit next year around $19 million. [Reply]
DHop to KC is an absolute worst nightmare scenario to the rest of the AFC. Go after the official dynasty and sort the rest out later. ZERO draft capital required. Go freaking get him! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Wilson8:
Release will not become official until 4:00 p.m. ET on Friday, so Arizona still has a chance to find a trade partner in the eleventh hour.
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
You'd think so but.....i think these players see lesser teams and lesser QB's such as the Ravens as just as good of a chance to do the same when the paycheck is bigger.
Write a bigger paycheck and Hopkins will convince himself that he has every bit the same shot to do that with Lamar as he does with Mahomes.
They have agents.
Agents aren't stupid.
That said, Hopkins has had a fairly weird history with agents. I think he had one, fired him, got a deal done with houston, hired another one, got traded, fired that agent, got a new contract with Arizona and then hired a new agent.
So he may just be someone that pull all the levers and his agent simply reviews paperwork. If so, maybe you're right.
If not, perhaps wiser heads will talk to him about a long-term picture. [Reply]