Titans Signing DeAndre Hopkins Named as 'One Last' Offseason Move Team Needs to Make

NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans are one competent NFL receiver away from having high hopes in 2023. That and the Titans public pursuit of DeAndre Hopkins make it no surprise that signing Hopkins was named as the "one last offseason move" the Titans need to make.
According to a recent article from ESPN's Field Yates, signing Hopkins is exactly the move the Titans are looking for to close out their offseason. The good news for the Titans and their fans is that the Titans are legitimately in the running for Hopkins' services. Here is what Yates had to say about the Titans.
"I know we had the same move suggestion for the Patriots, and only one team is going to get it done. But the Titans were the first team to host Hopkins on a visit, and the veteran receiver would fill a glaring need right now. The Titans have one of the league's thinnest wide receiver depth charts, and Hopkins would immediately assert himself as the top pass-catcher in this offense. Tennessee's roster is in an interesting space, where it feels like it is straddling the desire to get younger while also holding onto key veterans like Derrick Henry and Ryan Tannehill. But a Mike Vrabel-led team will yield a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. D-Hop would help a lot."
Yates is spot on here. The Titans have, in fact, been trying to straddle a line all offseason between going with youth or trying to maximize their aging veterans. Trying to have your cake and eat it too rarely works out. If the Titans want to avoid failure, the only thing they can do is actually give Tannehill and Henry a competitive roster.
The only way to do that at this stage in the offseason is by signing Hopkins. Yates points out the competition with the Patriots, but if the Titans don't want to waste a season in purgatory, they will do everything they can to bring Hopkins in.
Whether Hopkins picks the Titans remains to be seen, but the Titans would certainly put a cherry on top of Ran Carthon's first offseason as general manager if they were able to get Hopkins to come to Nashville.
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