Five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins will be a game-time decision Sunday for the Tennessee Titans’ season opener in Chicago after returning to practice this week while recovering from a left knee injury. Hopkins turned 32 in June but says missing the preseason is not a problem for someone who has played a lot of football.
Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins warms up during an NFL football practice Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan watches during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in New Orleans. Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins warms up during an NFL football practice Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
“To ask a guy to go in there and play an entire game every snap is is a tough ask,” Callahan said. “But, it’s funny what happens on game day sometimes and the adrenaline gets flowing and all of a sudden they say, ‘I’m good, man, let me play.’”Xavier Worthy scores 2 TDs in NFL debut, giving the Chiefs’ offense another dangerous dimensionHopkins, who played all 17 games last year with Tennessee, had a sleeve on his left knee Thursday but not in warmups Friday.
Callahan said Hopkins came to him with how he wanted to handle his recovery and talked regularly with the Titans, especially vice president of sports medicine Todd Toriscelli. “We decided that a guy that’s played as long as he’s played knows what he needs, and so we allowed him go get the treatment that he felt like he needed to be ready to play for Week 1,” Callahan said. “So it was pretty straightforward. And he was great just really getting what he needed and what he wanted.”Rookie Jha’Quan Jackson is the sixth receiver as a sixth-round pick out of Tulane whose uncle just happens to be Pro Football Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed.
The group is led by Hopkins going into his 12th NFL season and second with Tennessee. He leads all active players with 928 receptions and 12,355 yards receiving since entering the league in 2013. Only Davante Adams and Mike Evans have more than Hopkins’ 78 career touchdown catches.Chicago’s receiving corps ranks third for combined total catches, fourth in receiving yards and eighth in TD catches.“Everyone has the same goal,” Hopkins said.
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