Four wide receivers Kansas City Chiefs must contain in 2019
By Chris Clark
Week 6 – DeAndre Hopkins
It’s not ludicrous to think that the Houston Texans’ DeAndre Hopkins is the best receiver in the NFL. Last season, Hopkins caught 115 balls without a single drop. That’s simply unheard of and any quarterback would be fortunate to have such a reliable talent catching their passes.
Hopkins has been considered one of the league’s better receivers since being drafted in the first round of the 2013 draft. That’s saying a lot since many of those years consisted of a carousel of quarterbacks, none of which appear to have upped Hopkins game. It wasn’t until he got connected with DeShaun Watson that he had a quarterback with some real play-making ability.
When the Texans come to Arrowhead in week six, Watson and Hopkins will be ready to let Kansas City know how good their connection really is.
One thing that will help the Chiefs here is that their new safety Tyrann Mathieu had a year playing with the quarterback and receiver duo during his time with the Texans. As a result, he may be keyed in on certain coverages that will help to limit what the receiver can do.
There’s no doubt that Hopkins will challenge Kansas City’s secondary. Hopefully, by that time, this group will be gelling when the season is really rolling by week six.
At any rate, Kansas City will need to be fully prepared for what and all-pro receiver is capable of doing and figure out how to contain him.