Report: DeAndre Hopkins expected to sign with Tennessee Titans

We have a winner in the DeAndre Hopkins sweepstakes. According to Dianna Russini of ESPN, the three-time All-Pro receiver is expected to sign with the Tennessee Titans.

Russini added on Twitter Sunday that the deal will be completed over the “next few days,” and will be for two years. Hopkins will receive a base salary of $12 million with incentives to get to $15 million in year one.

Hopkins, 31, visited the Titans and the New England Patriots following his release from the Arizona Cardinals on May 26. In the end, he makes a move back to the AFC South, where he’ll serve as the top pass-catching option in Tennessee’s offense alongside Treylon Burks, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Kyle Phillips.

“We were able to connect and spend a little time together,” quarterback Ryan Tannehill said last month. “We had some good conversations and we’ll see what happens. I hadn’t been able to meet him before. So I really enjoyed meeting him and his girlfriend and spend a little time together. It was nice meeting him. He’d be a good fit here, but we’ll see what happens.”

Hopkins suited up in just nine games this past season, but was his usual productive self. He hauled in 64 receptions for 717 yards and three touchdowns. During his first season with the Cardinals in 2020, Hopkins recorded 115 catches with 1,407 and six scores.

DeAndre Hopkins not slowing down as he enters 30s

Prior to his arrival in Arizona, Hopkins spent seven seasons with the Houston Texans. Hopkins had five 1,000-yard seasons in Houston and four Pro Bowl appearances. His near $31 million cap hit, however, made him expendable for the rebuilding Cardinals. Arizona will incur $22.6 million in dead cap money this season by moving on from Hopkins.

Hopkins, meanwhile, feels he has plenty of top level football in him, he revealed in a tweet last week.

“I’ll retire from football when I’m not a 1k-yard receiver,” Hopkins said in a tweet, which has since been deleted. “With that said, I was on pace for 1,400 yards last year—one significant injury in 11 years. I might be playing till I’m 37 the way I feel.”