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Originally Posted by saphojunkie
I'm just kind of dumbfounded that he's going to the Titans. I see it this way...
I'm an aging veteran star. I have maybe 4 years left in the league. There is not a lot of offers on the table, when just a handful of years ago, I'd fetch a king's ransom in trade/contract.
What do I do? I sign a one-year deal with a contender where I can go to a conference championship or even super bowl and reestablish myself as a premier player. Then, fresh off my first postseason run with a ring on my finger, I go back out and see who else wants to pay handsomely for my elite skillset.
Unless...
I secretly know that the wheels have come off. I know that I'm going to go out and, with the cameras on me, everyone is going to see that I'm actually cooked. I don't want to be a premier player on a contender, because I know that I don't have it anymore. And pretty soon, everyone else is going to know it. There won't be another contract after this, so I better get everything that I can get now.
This move to me signals that Hopkins knows he's done. It doesn't make any sense to me in any other way. It's a last grab at the bag before the word is out.
If he's benched/IR by week 7... are you shocked?
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I've been saying this since people started saying that we needed to trade for him. He's cooked. He's now going down almost the same exact path as Julio Jones. He just wasn't traded to the Titans. He's not gonna get benched because of the contract, but I guarantee he misses at minimum 5 games and looks like garbage when he is out there.