The Chiefs Just Added DeAndre Hopkins to the Best Team in Football

Well this was a hell of a Rap Bomb to wake up to. The only undefeated team in the league adding arguably the best wide receiver currently available. In exchange for the NFL trade market equivalent of a handful of magic beans. The perfect definition of the rich getting richer. 

You might take issue with my headline's use of the phrase "best team." And you can make a case that they're not. They're winning a lot of close ones. They're point differential of +43 is only 6th best in the league. Rashee Rice's year that ended with an multi-car pile up ended with a head on collision with his own quarterback. Time, the Rock Star Life, and the demands of being half of the world's most overexposed power couple have finally caught up to Travis Kelce (31st in receptions, 70th in receiving yards). For all his high-end traits, Xavier Worthy has produced 245 yards from scrimmage in six games. And Patrick Mahomes famously has more interceptions (8) than touchdowns (6) and a passer rating (82.5) that is 23rd in the league. 

But their record speaks for itself. Besides, based on what you've seen every week, would you expect them to be underdogs the rest of the way? Or bet against them if they were? 

And that was before they added the one thing they've been lacking, which is a reliable, top-tier, veteran wideout. Now they can check that box off their punchlist.

Yes, at the age of 32, Hopkins is not what he was. It's been five years since he was the perennial Pro Bowler every GM in the league was plotting to exfil out of Houston and Arizona. With a commando unit, if necessary. Stuck on the worst passing offense in the league, he's only got 15 catches for 173 yards and 1 TD. But in that same system last year he had 1,000-yard season. And if you think he can't do better than that working with Mahomes. And Andy Reid. And the officials:

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… then you're living in Fantasyland. Until reality proves otherwise, my default setting is to believe we're doomed watch the Chiefs win this Super Bowl and all the rest until the sun goes nova and mercifully puts and end to our suffering.