Bill Belichick on DeAndre Hopkins Visit: 'I'm Not A Travel Agent,' Says Patriots Coach

What's up with DeAndre Hopkins' arrival in New England? "I'm not a travel agent,'' Patriots coach Bill Belichick growls, obviously not all at interested in helping anybody fly his friendly skies.

This is a pleasant and exciting time if you are a New England Patriots fan who recognizes how much your team has long-hungered for big-time receiver help.

But that doesn't mean coach Bill Belichick is required to demonstrate "pleasantness'' or "excitement.''

Belichick on Monday essentially confirmed that a visit from free agent receiver DeAndre Hopkjins is planned, acknowledging that by saying, "We’re working through some things.''

What about the details? What time? What day? When?

"I'm not a travel agent,'' Belichick growled, obviously not all at interested in helping anybody fly his friendly skies.

But it is expected to happen, a Hopkins visit to New England likely to follow his present stay with the Tennessee Titans. Belichick and the Patriots have obviously already "worked through some things'' in terms of "D-Hop's'' fit into an offense led by new coordinator Bill O'Brien, who once upon a time was both Hopkins' Houston Texans coach ...

And the guy who oversaw the lopsided loss of a Texans trade when Hopkins was moved to Arizona.

Could things go so well between Hopkins and the Titans that they "don't let him out of the building,'' in the parlance of free agency? Maybe. But we'd say the player would be wise to explore all of his options - including just how many teams might want to pay him $20 million APY - before he cancels his flight to Boston. And if he does that? Bill Belichick might not be a travel agent, but we be he has a flight plan.

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