****Official Deandre Hopkins Thread****

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

He doesn't have an injury problem. Some people conflated that idea when he tore his MCL back in '21, then missed the first 6 games of '22, due to a suspension, not the injury. Other than that, he's missed a game here and there, but the reality is that he's played 92% of all possible games throughout his career. I mean, he played every single game for TEN while he was there, all 23 games, I think?

And a Grade 3 MCL 'tear' isn't even a tear, it's more like he overstretched it.


I think he's physically fine, and holding him back over a potential draft pick is worse than dumb. He needs to be on the field, getting a feel for those subpackages as soon as possible, because we're going to need him out there come the playoffs. I just watched the A-22 of the game, and he was a really big part of the reason we even won that game, and I'm not just talking about the TD catch.

All that said, I don't believe that Andy would be dumb enough to limit DHop's snaps because of a potential 4th rdr; he's just not that kind of stupid. I think it has to do with the fact that he's only been on the team for a month.

And JuJu just got back, and he needs to get some reps to get back up to speed, obviously, because he looks like he's not quite there yet.

And I noticed that they have Mecole doing some different things, like playing RB, and I'll bet that becomes something in the playoffs.

And of course, Worthy needs his reps as well, simply because he's a rook.


But I still say there's simply no reason for our WR5 to eat up 65% of the snaps, when DHop could easily take on an extra half-dozen or 10 snaps, and the offense would definitely be a lot better for it.

I said this several pages ago, but there is a reason. He's one of the oldest WRs in the league. They need to be careful with his snaps, especially with this condensed schedule coming up.