DeAndre Hopkins signals interest in playing for Chiefs, Bills

A body language game of sorts was used to signal DeAndre Hopkins’ interest levels in playing for various teams around the NFL.

Another week is about to begin in the National Football League and we’re still waiting to figure out what exactly will happen between the Arizona Cardinals and veteran wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Even after weeks and months of speculation, the truth is that the Cards could very well end up retaining Hopkins for another year, trading him, or even releasing him as rumors were stating at one point.

While things are uncertain as to what will happen, there does appear to be a bit of certainty about the interest of other teams in acquiring the wideout if the price is right. The Kansas City Chiefs have been linked to Hopkins for far too long for there to be zero or little interest on their part and that’s likely true for the other teams connected to Hopkins in various rumors and reports over time.

In a recent interview on the All Things Covered podcast on CBS Sports, Hopkins was given an exercise in which he was asked to just use body language and facial expressions to indicate his interest level in playing for various NFL teams—four to be specific. Not every team has been linked to Hopkins for as long or as often as the Chiefs, but it makes sense that each of these teams would be in play for Hopkins as the present time.

Overall, Hopkins was asked about the Chiefs, the Buffalo Bills, the New England Patriots and the New York Jets and his answers—non-verbal ones, of course—were as follows:

Hopkins has limited control or input here as to his future destination and it’s possible that he ends up going nowhere at all, but it has to be positive in some ways that he seemed to indicate a preference for contenders like the Bills and Chiefs over the Jets and Patriots. That said, the Cardinals are likely going to package Hopkins to a team that’s willing to give up the most and it’s likely that, of all teams involved, the Chiefs are going to play hardball more than any other.

The Patriots are restocking their wide receiver room and have already taken JuJu Smith-Schuster off the market. The Bills would love to play keep away from the Chiefs for a massive talent like Hopkins and given Josh Allen another target. As for the Jets, they are trying to give Aaron Rodgers (assumedly) as many targets as they can and they just lost out on Odell Beckham Jr. to the Baltimore Ravens.