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I think he's a low end 2. I know you and Shaw and various others judge differently. At best, he is adequate and I don't think he's consistent enough to merit that ascription. He would thrive as a third option who catches the long ball.

Get over yourself. You are posting in a Buffalo forum as an enthusiast for a team many Sabres' fans dislike. The Knights never trailed in the series, so your persistent effort to make the Vegas hockey team a center of discussion was always in the context of a less than favored franchise that was in an advantageous position. If you think to call that out is dishonest, I suggest you are not thinking well enough.

I believe Kincaid is going to be very good. If this was his second year, I think one could anticipate he might emerge as a second threat the opposing D has to account for. But that's a lot to ask from a rookie, so Hopkins, while a risk, more than likely fulfills that role. On paper, it would be a very potent offensive roster that should open up the entire field and create uncertainty on the other side of the ball. Even without Hopkins, if Dorsey takes advantage of all the weapons, it should be a much more versatile offense. Hopkins just adds that degree of stress associated with a special talent with a habit of clutch plays. I am guessing veteran edge is plan B if Hopkins goes elsewhere.

Nonetheless, he's disappeared in quite a few playoff games. Adding Hopkins might help alter that because the defense won't be able to concentrate solely on Diggs.

You're sort of like a Chiefs fan who comes over here after his team wins the SB.

Man, you pulled out the paper boy card. Not sure I would deploy such a heavy credential just to silence critics.

The only thing more futile than arguing back-and-forth about possible futures with indeterminate variables is arguing over hypotheticals regarding a past that cannot be altered. You absolutely cannot prove a counterfactual. It's just your opinion.

Folks can point to cases of rapid decline and players that remained effective late into their careers. It's a risk. You don't like his character and think he is breaking down. Others think he is still a strong player and are willing to take a risk. Nothing anyone says is going to alter the nature of the situation which inherently has uncertainty involved.

I sure hope you're talking about his wallet.

If he ends up a Chief, I blame Brandon Beane . . . and the mods. We're already legitimately over 320 pages. Hopkins would already have signed with us, I mean, really.

If he is like most athletes who express a desire to pursue a ring, but choose the highest bidder when it comes right down to it, we are out. Either his enthusiasm for playing with Josh Allen was empty rhetoric or it isn't. Have to hope he is eccentric enough to prioritize winning and being part of something special over banking the most cash possible.

Yeah, but we're talking about teams with a shot at the SB

If you make a lot of it a signing bonus, you can sign him to a low first year cap hit. Pegula has the cash to make that move. They could still restructure Tre White and a few others to create cap space. They could trade Ed Oliver. If they want to get him, they can do it.

If Hopkins ends up in KC, I nominate that.

I know. Another poster made that assertion. I was only remarking the quite contrary rational accounts that seemingly always end up with Hopkins a Chief.

Really rather grand that apparently Hopkins will both choose KC over Buffalo because 1) they are better than us and give him a greater possibility of winning a SB and 2) they are also not as good as us possessing fewer offensive playmakers so Hopkins would have greater opportunities to shine and gain incentive money.

Okay, there was the dubious Mexican guy pretending to post a photo from the Buffalo airport of someone totally not him that was supposed to be him standing next to DHop. And Happy Days posted some inside word that was encouraging. In general, Memorial Day weekend has been terrible for fan fiction unless you want to hear about Josh Allen's love life.

Some of you fellas should get jobs writing for the soaps.

I like the 100% Hopkins signs with the Bills. Hopkins to the Chiefs is the worst possible result. Beane will and should catch flak if it happens.

Definitely deflating and disappointing if this rumor is true.

There is a pernicious tendency today to throw the racism charge around cavalierly. I agree with your assessment of the fella's take on Hopkins, but I also understand his anger over the spurious aspersion cast his way without regard to consequences. In the academic world its become a means of totalitarian control and ostracization of pretty much any traditional views. (Folks who champion "The Great Books" are deemed morally guilty or at least complicit in oppression and lack of inclusivity.) The popular culture and discourse has become equally toxic and destructive. People's lives are often ruined by implication and innuendo. When some idealogues treat mathematics and grammar as racist impositions, madness has become endemic. Frankly, I think we are at the end of a civilizational cycle. I would like to see the ethos improve, but I'm not expecting it.

Yes, I know. I exaggerated somewhat because of the fellow who was dismissive. I watched the game, though turned off a few times because the Mammoth would score every time I put the game on and I am superstitious. I am the same way with the Bills and Sabres, so cannot help the irrationality.

I think you're subtly reducing Happy's point by equating the clutch moment with catching a Hail Mary or as something that is only relevant end of the season and playoffs. Clearly, it is a property of every game, even the early ones, and those contribute just as much as the late ones to playoff seeding. Regardless, I've already stated my views several times and rather comprehensively on Hopkins. He's a risk. I would take it. I understand the rationale of those who conclude otherwise.

That's correct. Apparently if it goes to a third game, you'll need ESPN plus to watch it. Hopefully the Bandits close it out on the road.

No one knows or can know how much Hopkins has left in the tank. All you can do is conjecture. It doesn't really matter what is the norm for older receivers. That is common knowledge. Assessment has to match the unique player. Hopkins is over thirty. He has begun to accrue injuries. He did get caught taking a proscribed substance, though it was not a steroid. Nonetheless, he looked to still have a high degree of ability playing with lesser qbs when he came back from suspension. Do you gamble Hopkins will retain health and quality of play for a season or two and offer a competitive contract to go get him? I think it more likely than not he will be enough of the player he has been in the past to be a difference making playmaker the opposing defense cannot ignore for a couple of seasons. I would do it. Folks on the other side of the argument can make a plausible case for caution. If he decides to chase the money, I don't think we're in. If he is willing to sacrifice a bit from what a team like the Lions could offer to play with Allen and have a legit chance at a ring, Beane has enough resources to make that work.