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Hopkins will reportedly go to with the Patriots someday subsequent week.
The Patriots’ pursuit of DeAndre Hopkins took an enormous step ahead on Friday.
New England scheduled a go to for the All-Professional receiver in Foxborough subsequent week, NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport reported. Following his report, Rapoport shared some extra particulars on what Hopkins may take into consideration becoming a member of the Patriots.
“This one truly makes a ton of sense for either side,” Rapoport mentioned on NFL Community discussing Hopkins’s upcoming go to with the Patriots. “If you happen to’re DeAndre Hopkins, you clearly have a ton of respect for Invoice Belichick, they’ve converged through the years on the sector and in any other case. Is that this a spot the place he can resurrect his profession and present everybody he’s not simply outdated and might’t get open.”
Rapoport additionally shared some perception that hints at simply how severe the Patriots’ curiosity is in Hopkins.
“For the Patriots, it by no means fairly felt to me like they had been completed in free company,” Rapoport mentioned. “They appear to be prepared to spend on some stage. They hardly ever, hardly ever do free-agent visits. That ought to present you ways severe, a minimum of on it’s face, the Patriots are about DeAndre Hopkins.”
The cash side of the Hopkins sweepstakes has turn into obvious over the past week, with a number of reviews suggesting Hopkins continues to be valuing the value of his contract above a variety of different issues when choosing his subsequent residence.
“Early within the course of, however the two groups DeAndre Hopkins will go to aren’t a participant away from a Tremendous Bowl,” former NFL Community and NBC Sports activities Boston reporter Mike Giardi wrote in a tweet on Friday. “That speaks to what I reported beginning across the draft and in latest weeks, with groups believing he’s extra concerning the $$$ than anything (not that there’s something unsuitable with that). For each the #Patriots and #Titans, Hopkins would instantly turn into their finest receiver.”
If Hopkins decides to go to the very best bidder, the Patriots are in a great place. They’ve roughly $13 million in cap house and have avenues to open up extra cap house by probably shifting a receiver already on the roster.
The Patriots’ $13 million in cap house can be a very good quantity greater than what the Titans have in cap house, which is roughly underneath $8 million. It’s additionally excess of the Chiefs and Payments, who’re each inside $2 million of the wage cap. The Chiefs and Payments reportedly spoke with Hopkins a few attainable commerce earlier than the Cardinals launched him in late Could.
Information of Hopkins’s scheduled go to was welcomed with pleasure by a minimum of one Patriots participant on Friday.
“I’m a fan of D-Hop. It will be cool,” receiver Kendrick Bourne mentioned following Friday’s OTA observe. “I don’t know the gist of what’s happening, however he is a good participant. Something that might assist us win, I’m with.”
It’s unclear which day Hopkins’s go to with the Patriots will happen, however it would occur after he visits with the Titans on Sunday. The Patriots have necessary minicamp starting on Monday and can run by way of Wednesday.
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