{"id":4441,"date":"2024-11-06T08:26:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=4441"},"modified":"2024-11-06T08:26:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:26:24","slug":"breaking-deandre-hopkins-clears-air-after-celebration-in-chiefs-win-over-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=4441","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: DeAndre Hopkins Clears Air After Celebration in Chiefs\u2019 Win Over Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387b5693 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"387b5693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">DeAndre Hopkins is happy to be with the Chiefs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24679199-scaled-e1730823315379.jpg\" alt=\"DeAndre Hopkins, Kansas City Chiefs\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DeAndre Hopkins has ingrained himself into the Kansas City Chiefs offense, as evidenced by his two-touchdown performance against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football in Week 9. He has not forgotten who he is or turned his back on where he\u2019s come from, though.<\/p>\n<p>One of Hopkins\u2019 touchdown celebrations raised eyebrows, coming from the movie \u201cRemember the Titans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs, of course, acquired Hopkins from the Tennessee Titans, who have struggled to a 2-6 record this season. Hopkins took to social media to clear the air that he was not taking a shot at his former team.<\/p>\n<h2>TD Celebration a \u2018Shout to Tennesee,\u2019 DeAndre Hopkins Says After Chiefs\u2019 Win<\/h2>\n<h3>Chiefs\u2019 DeAndre Hopkins Was Not Taunting Titans<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt was a shout to Tennessee,\u201d Hopkins posted on X on November 5. \u201cIf u know me u know it\u2019s nothing but love for Nashville. [Titans general manager Ran Carthon] and his crew are like family. Without them, I wouldn\u2019t be here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After getting traded from Tennessee, DeAndre Hopkins is Remembering the Titans \ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KOgAqNGGdN\">pic.twitter.com\/KOgAqNGGdN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1853623225105727616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hopkins, 32, caught eight of the nine passes thrown his way for 86 yards and the two scores.<\/p>\n<p>It was a significant step forward from his debut when he caught two of three targets for 29 scoreless yards versus the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 8.<\/p>\n<h3>DeAndre Hopkins Finding Way With Chiefs<\/h3>\n<p>Hopkins admitted that he may have run the wrong route at times in the game as he continues to master the playbook, noting teammates and coaches quiz him regularly to test his understanding of the offense.<\/p>\n<p>But he has had no problem creating enough separation to present a target for Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>That was a criticism while he was in Tennessee, and it has stuck in Hopkins\u2019 craw even after he joined his new team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s so good at winning 1-on-1,\u201d Mahomes told reporters postgame. \u201cTo be able to have him down in the red zone, third-down situations \u2013 he does a good job of filling out and finding those windows. Kind of like Travis [Kelce] does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs he figures out the whole entire offense, he\u2019ll get even better. Because there\u2019s sometimes he\u2019s going places, I\u2019m like, \u2018Man, there\u2019s a time and a place for that.\u2019 But that\u2019s what makes him great. And then you give him a chance down the field, and he makes a play. It goes from a play where it might have been a bad decision to a big-time catch.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd2b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wmjEu1JFtv\">pic.twitter.com\/wmjEu1JFtv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Deandre Hopkins (@DeAndreHopkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeAndreHopkins\/status\/1853662245370188228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hopkins is as different of a receiver from any Mahomes has ever had as the Chiefs star is as a QB for his new wideout.<\/p>\n<h3>DeAndre Hopkins Reacts to Patrick Mahomes\u2019 Injury Scary<\/h3>\n<p>Mahomes injured his ankle in the win over Tampa Bay. It was nom-contact \u2013 though he was landing awkwardly after leaving his feet \u2013 and he needed to be carried off the field. Mahomes returned after a brief stint in the blue medical tent.<\/p>\n<p>He and Hopkins admitted the injury got their attention.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oYUc6DUcfGI?si=fAH-CI_UxeX2JH3I&amp;clip=UgkxvpRfoy7dZOzTNPcHpwjsDDHaKU2mgOo9&amp;clipt=EKiHFRiYsBc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPat\u2019s a tough guy,\u201d Hopkins said. \u201cWe felt [a little freaked out], obviously. He\u2019s the leader of this offense and the leader of this team. So when he went down, everybody was just kind of around him, just seeing was he alright. But, obviously, he got up, and that\u2019s Pat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs host the Denver Broncos next. Denver ranks third in scoring defense and is ninth against the pass. But they allowed 41 points to the Baltimore Ravens. Ravens QB Lamar Jackson had a perfect passer rating in the game. Mahomes and Hopkins could put forth another big game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs star DeAndre Hopkins set the record straight after his touchdown celebration versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: DeAndre Hopkins Clears Air After Celebration in Chiefs\u2019 Win Over Buccaneers - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=4441\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: DeAndre Hopkins Clears Air After Celebration in Chiefs\u2019 Win Over Buccaneers - 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