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WR DeAndre Hopkins, BAL (1 Viewer)

I had the soresight to bench him today!   Only other option was D. Jackson who also has zero points so far today  :rolleyes: :X

 
This might be a really dumb move on my part but I just traded Bennett and Edelman for Hopkins and Sproles. Standard league. My feeling is too many mouth in NE and I'm salivating at the chance for Hopkins...

 
Kwai Chang Caine said:
This might be a really dumb move on my part but I just traded Bennett and Edelman for Hopkins and Sproles. Standard league. My feeling is too many mouth in NE and I'm salivating at the chance for Hopkins...
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I traded Jordan Reed for him 3 hours before his concussion was announced so I got ya there ;)

 
Vontae Davis is not shadowing him this weekend according to their beat reporter. Now if only Osweiler could do something.

 
Timmay said:
Vontae Davis is not shadowing him this weekend according to their beat reporter. Now if only Osweiler could do something.
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That's the thing.  Shadowing Hopkins never concerns me as he will simply catch around any coverage...IF he has an accurate QB throwing to him.

 
C-Bound said:
That's the thing.  Shadowing Hopkins never concerns me as he will simply catch around any coverage...IF he has an accurate QB throwing to him.
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General vicinity would be a good starting point. Last year with ?? Mallett & Hoyer throwing to him his catch rate was over 58% - not great but better than this year. He's so great at timing his leap and competing for the ball, Osweiler needs to be like Stafford to Megatron and trust his guy is what Chris Harris wrote: "on 50/50 balls, he's 70/30."

 
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Stealing this link from the Lamar Miller thread.  In depth breakdown of Houston's offensive struggles so far this season.

http://www.battleredblog.com/2016/10/14/13279548/the-film-room-why-the-texans-offense-is-bad

Before and after trading for Hopkins I assumed Osweiler couldn't be any worse than the QBs Nuk has played with the last 2 seasons.

Sadly, I think I was wrong.  He is awful.

As others have mentioned the schedule looks pretty favorable after next week but the coaching staff and Osweiler need to figure some things out. 

 
15 targets which was nice, but we also have to remember Fuller didn't play and Osweiler just rarely seem to throw accurate passes to Hopkins. They really don't seem to take many shots down the field with him either which is disappointing. I think I'm gonna bench him this week against Denver for Evans and Pryor. Just can't see anyway how he'll have a good game against those corners.

 
Bucsfan5493 said:
15 targets which was nice, but we also have to remember Fuller didn't play and Osweiler just rarely seem to throw accurate passes to Hopkins. They really don't seem to take many shots down the field with him either which is disappointing. I think I'm gonna bench him this week against Denver for Evans and Pryor. Just can't see anyway how he'll have a good game against those corners.
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Pryor has a hamstring. Same thing I was gonna do.

 
here's hoping that 4th quarter comeback and OT win do A LOT to boost Osweiler's confidence and translate into better play...I know it's not all in your head (Steve Young talks about accuracy as a predefining criteria for a QB and it's something that can't be completely taught), but hearing the boo-birds after every 3-n-out had to wear on his psyche

 
Futz said:
It's entirely possible but it's more about the QB vs this D then Nuk. He's a mess and about to bottom out.
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Completely agree. Everything points to the Broncos destroying Osweiler. They have a few extra days to prepare, coming off a bad division loss and Osweiler and Broncos did not leave on good terms. They're going to be extra fired up for this game. I could see less than 100 yards for Osweiler honestly.

 
how much does Osweiler practicing against the Den defense last year help prepare him for this week?

I remember TB vs Oak in the Superbowl and destroying Gannon and the offense with the help of John Gruden.  Not the same, but similar inside knowledge conspiracy theory

 
red said:
how much does Osweiler practicing against the Den defense last year help prepare him for this week?

I remember TB vs Oak in the Superbowl and destroying Gannon and the offense with the help of John Gruden.  Not the same, but similar inside knowledge conspiracy theory
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Just think how much wade and kubes know about ozzy. 

 
You have to admire how quickly Osweiler can go through his reads and decide to dump off to the tight end for a three-yard gain. Most QBs take at least three or four seconds to go through all those reads, but this kid can do it nearly instantly on every snap.

 
Osweiler is awful, I said earlier in the week that I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't throw for 100 yards in this game which is why I benched Hopkins. Luckily for us, the Texans face the Lions next week who just got scraped by Case Keenum. Maybe there is hope Osweiler can do something against them.

 
It's gonna be so hard to ever start Hopkins again. Unless Houston is playing in a potential blowout where he'll get garbage time points or against the absolute worse def, he's not FF relevant

 
Hopkins does have a nice 3 game stretch coming up

Lions, Jags and Raiders 

Hopefully he can put up some good numbers in those games 

 
I said it in the game thread but something looks off with Hopkins.  He's not really getting open and it seems like he's just disinterested.  Now a lot of that is probably due to the fact that he knows his QB is awful but it doesn't look like he's even trying.  What a bust.

 
Tough stuff for dynasty.  It's not like the Texans can get out from Osweiler before 2018 either so Hopkins is solely reliant upon Os getting fixed somehow.

 
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