Chiefs’ DeAndre Hopkins Sends Powerful Message Ahead of Super Bowl Lix
DeAndre Hopkins, a wide receiver for the Chiefs, hasn’t exactly been a top-tier player since joining from the
Titans in a trade before the NFL deadline, but Kansas City acquired him as a stopgap to help them get through a
string of wide receiver injuries and to be a major contributor once the playoffs began.
After all, Hopkins has five 1,000-yard seasons in his NFL career, but he only played 10 games for the
Chiefs this season, collecting 437 yards and four touchdowns, and he has only made one postseason catch, for 11 yards.
To all the kids out there living in small towns, in small houses, with single parents. To the kids who see violence,
who see loss, who don’t get the resources they deserve, but who still have big dreams.
Know that I was a kid in your exact shoes and this week I’m playing in the…
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes knows that when he needs a guy who can win a one-on-one battle for a ball,
Hopkins is a good option.
“I think just the ability to win one-on-one is special,” Mahomes stated.
“I mean, that truly is special and sometimes it gets lost because whenever you’ve got a guy on the boundary that’s one-on-one with …
he’s really kind of showcasing that he can win one-on-one versus anybody.”When I’m hitting those guys in those one-on-one
matches and forcing them to push guys over, it’s stuff that puts pressure on the defence and opens up the other players.”
Whether he gets that chance or not, Hopkins is still on a stage in which he can reach a wide range of fans and observers.
As such, he put out a message on Monday addressed to young people who are struggling, as he did when he was a kid growing up in South Carolina.
Hopkins wrote on Twitter/X: “To all the kids out there living in small towns, in small houses, with single parents.
To the kids who see violence, who see loss, who don’t get the resources they deserve, but who still have big dreams.
Know that I was a kid in your exact shoes and this week I’m playing in the Super Bowl. “Don’t give up, work hard, keep believing.
Where you start doesn’t determine where you end up.”
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