And before Watson, Hopkins made Hoyer look like a competent QB.;)

still not only no, but **** no.

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Hop would have to take a pay cut. He is old and coming off a roid tarnished season.

Still No.

Thought about putting a youtube video link to someone screaming no but didn't. :D

The only way you trade for a 30-year-old WR is if it's a day 3 pick. So, the real question is if you think the Cards would accept a day 3 pick. If your answer is no then I wouldn't think about it further. If your answer is yes, I'd love to hear how that's a value.

FWIW Verderame said on his pod that it would essentially be a 2 year $36 million with basically option years.

Not sure if that’s how the money works but I’d consider that if that was the case

Man......I don't think I'm interested in that.

But, devils advocate, he does play a style that lends to the way we played last year.

The problem is that this FA class sucks. I’ve heard it multiple times that this is one of the worst FA classes ever.

Not sure if that's true. DHop is closer to the end of his career than the beginning, and he's already made his money, to the tune of over $110M for his career so far. He could be a ring-hunter at this point, and therefore willing to take a pay cut and a short contract to finally be a SB champion.

And he's still playing at a very high level, at or near his prime. He might be too old to be the long-term answer at WR1, but he could definitely fill that role as a dominant bridge for the next two to three years until Veach drafts the long-term WR1.

So it would be the base salaries for Hopkins which are 2 years, $34.5 million. I would sign up for that all day if we trade a day 3 pick.

Again no guaranteed $$

Yeah, if you can get Hopkins for a Day 3 pick AND he is willing to play out the deal... sure.

But how likely are either of those things?

1/20 on the first and 1/50 on the second?

If either is not true, it's a pass for KC.

This is true, he might have more incentive to be in KC than JuJu who might want to score the biggest contract he can. I would also add that it's probable that joining KC takes some pressure off of Hopkins to be the #1 and extends his career longevity allowing him to further capitalize.

The only thing I have against this idea, which I mostly love anyways, is that we'd realistically have to give up a 2nd or 3rd plus a late round pick or conditional pick next year, and pay him a significant contract. I speculate this is the case because many other team's fanbases are projecting they will offer a 2nd for him. When it's possible we might be able to accomplish the same production by spending either just the pick(s), or the money, elsewhere.

Meh. I've been convinced this will never happen anyway, but it's fun to speculate. I would say that if all it took was a 3rd this year and a future 3rd/4th/whatever, that's worth it. Take that deal and run very fast.

This is precisely how I feel.

Trading for Hopkins isn't the problem. The money can work as is. Changing the money or paying more than day 3 is an absolute no in my opinion. Can a team outbid a low 4th rounder from KC? You bet your ass they can, and likely will.