{"id":623752,"date":"2026-05-04T22:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/623752\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:51:07","slug":"free-agent-wr-deandre-hopkins-expresses-desire-to-play-with-joe-burrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/623752\/","title":{"rendered":"Free agent WR DeAndre Hopkins expresses desire to play with Joe Burrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has played with 17 different starting quarterbacks in his 13-year career with the Texans, Cardinals, Titans, Chiefs and Ravens. Deshaun Watson, Kyler Murray, Ryan Tannehill, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are among those.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins, who is currently a free agent, was asked at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday who he would like throwing him passes among the quarterbacks he hasn\u2019t played with. His answer was quick: Joe Burrow,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SInow\/status\/2050721165694394879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2050721165694394879%7Ctwgr%5Eb7e2797975723550372b62e643b89c2f56d6fa5c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F25424595-deandre-hopkins-eyes-joe-burrow-partnership-calls-bengals-qb-1-best\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Joe is one of the best<\/a>,\u201d Hopkins said in an interview with Sports Illustrated. \u201cI love his game, his toughness. He took his team to a Super Bowl early in his career, and I feel like he can get back there with a little bit of help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He previously mentioned a desire to play with Burrow after catching a pass from the Bengals quarterback during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic. But Hopkins said in March he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/deandre-hopkins-wants-to-reunite-with-kyler-murray-in-minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wants to reunite<\/a> with Murray in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Truth be told, Hopkins is a free agent who wants an opportunity \u2014 somewhere, anywhere \u2014 to continue his career.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in 17 games with the Ravens last season, but the five-time Pro Bowler made only 22 receptions for 330 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has played with 17 different starting quarterbacks in his 13-year career with the Texans,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-623752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}