Deandre Hopkins Visiting Patriots Next Week

[SHOWTIME15]

How to make your QB happy - turn a likely interception into a reception:

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Nice catch by him. Definitely looks like a Mac type of a throw lol.

 

[captain stone]

I've been following the Patriots since the Plunkett-to-Vataha days, and have been reading, message boards, going to games/SBs!!! and following ever more closely in the BB era. I am gobsmacked by the reports I'm seeing here. When have we ever seen a BB team talking about a potential FA like this? optimistic they can sign him?
Man, either BB (or BOB) really want this guy, or Kraft is insisting on them making some kind of splash right now...or maybe all of those things.

Just really surprised.

Don't know if most of the talk is coming from inside the building as it is from outside the building...

 

[Sicilian]

Nice catch by him. Definitely looks like a Mac type of a throw lol.

There are a lot of legitimate criticisms of Mac's game that he needs to show he can improve. Technical throwing accuracy is not one of them.

 

[PatsFan2]

How to make your QB happy - turn a likely interception into a reception:

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Great catch radius.

 

[PatsFan2]

Nice catch by him. Definitely looks like a Mac type of a throw lol.

Mac10.

 

[JarOfMayo51]

yup, what i said in another thread is that they aren't little highschool divas... they're grown men and professionals being paid a lot of money, and they both want to win

this is football, not reality tv

 

[JarOfMayo51]

I know you have raging wood for pretty much any WR, but I am not sure this guy is the second coming of Randy Moss. I doubt very much the rest of the division is going to quake in their boots. I will be happy if he signs here, and even more happy if he's still a Dude.

hes not Moss (no one is), but he's a very, very good WR and has consistently been top 5-10 WR in the league his entire career

having another weapon like that will just make it easier on the entire offense, and Mac

 

[JarOfMayo51]

Yeah, all things being equal I want him here, he makes the team better this year. But if he was still the kind of player that would produce that kind of reaction in our rivals, then those rivals would be pushing harder to sign him themselves. There aren't many teams in the AFC that are so incredibly stocked at WR that they wouldn't want Hopkins, IF he was still unquestionably elite.

im sure the other teams in division would want him if they could have him cheap, but a lot of them are already heavily committed on WR

Jets:
Garret Wilson - 1st round pick
Corey Davis
Allen Lazard - free agent
Mecole Hardman - free agent

Dolphins
Jaylen Waddle - 6th overall pick
Tyreek Hill - traded the farm for him

Bills - this is team that would most want his services
Diggs - just paid him huge last year
Gabe Davis - a middle class type FA, they could definitely upgrade

Knox - just gave him money at TE ($13m/yr)
Kincaid - 1st round pick

also paid damien harris, Hines last year, Poyer and guys on defense.. they just lost their best linebacker to FA and dont have as much cap space this year or in future years to compete with the Patriots

 

[patfanken]

Mere words.

If all of their OLmen emerge from TC healthy, then the Bengals will have no problem whatsoever dealing Williams, who would be their Worst starter, especially at RT.

Still not getting the JWilliams love. Someone please explain the difference between him and IWynn, except the fact Wynn went about 20 picks later and has been more effective as a LT.

Is there some stat that someone can show me that Williams has been an effective LT and would be an upgrade over Brown and the other OT candidates.....or even Wynn. Now granted I don't know much about the Bengals OL, BUT if Karas is one of their better players, then its no wonder their QB gets killed every year.

Listen the Bengals paid BIG bucks to sign a pretty good, but not great LT to replace Williams. This isn't even going to be a competition. The FA got the job. So would someone PLEASE sell me on what JWilliams is going to bring to the table other than the fact he's a failed #11 pick in the draft.

 

[Betterthanmost]

Surprised he is not signed yet.

 

[hornetfb85]

Shouldnt your implied probability add to 100%? Yours adds to about 120%.....

 

[NashuaPats]

Nice catch by him. Definitely looks like a Mac type of a throw lol.

No, the ball was traveling with too much velocity to have been thrown by Mac.

 

[Real fan 02]

The fact that their WRs on the roster are already dealing with so many injuries (Juju, Thornton, Boutte) and others are just injuries waiting to happen (Parker), it makes even more sense to get Hopkins. He's not only an instant upgrade to the top of the unit, but he's also a warm body in a room lacking them.

I believe the injuries from the WRs aren't serious they were soft tissue related and were kept out for precautions. With camp next month it's likely a wise decision. As these guys will be going hard in camp! As you perfectly stated the need for hop is definitely and upgrade!

I really hope we do get him.. it will only intensify the WR battle in camp.

 

[Real fan 02]

Minus D-Hop yes With D-Hop heck no!

D hop commands attention.. no matter what his reputation alone would have DC have to deal with him.. great for us!

 

[notex]

yup, what i said in another thread is that they aren't little highschool divas... they're grown men and professionals being paid a lot of money, and they both want to win

this is football, not reality tv

While I completely agree with Billy OB and Hopkins... as a blanket statement for NFL WRs I don't think you could be more wrong lol...For whatever reason, the WR position has a very high aptitude to be petty divas.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

the WR position has a very high aptitude to be petty divas.

See Diggs, Stefon.

 

[Steve102]

Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer appeared on NBC Sports Boston and said he’d expect Hopkins to sign for somewhere between $8 and $10 million in base salary with incentives that will “get him closer to the number he was originally scheduled to make.” Hopkins was originally set to make over $19 million this season before getting cut by the Arizona Cardinals.

Feels like a very do-able deal to me.

 

[Kasmir]

There are a lot of legitimate criticisms of Mac's game that he needs to show he can improve. Technical throwing accuracy is not one of them.

Setting the all time NCAA accuracy record at Alabama doesn't mean that he can throw accurately in the NFL. Any good QB would have set records at Alabama with those receivers.

 

[captain stone]

yup, what i said in another thread is that they aren't little highschool divas... they're grown men and professionals being paid a lot of money, and they both want to win

this is football, not reality tv

Frankie Costello approves this message.

youtube The Departed This ain't reality TV

 

[TheBeers]

Did we sign him yet?