{"id":673,"date":"2024-10-30T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=673"},"modified":"2024-10-30T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:57:22","slug":"breaking-kc-chiefs-travis-kelce-gushes-about-deandre-hopkins-influence-on-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: &#8220;\ud83d\udd25 KC Chiefs&#8217; Star Travis Kelce Opens Up About DeAndre Hopkins&#8217; Game-Changing Impact on the Team! \ud83c\udfc8\u2728 Curious how Hopkins is shaking things up? \ud83d\udc40 Tap in!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/latest-news\/q2cnw6\/picture294765769\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1140\/HOPK.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just four days after being acquired by the Chiefs in a trade, wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins made an impact early in a win over the Raiders on Sunday in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>On the third play of the Chiefs\u2019 27-20 victory, Hopkins caught a 13-yard pass on a third-and-7 play. Hopkins\u2019 only other catch was a 16-yard reception, but he was open in the end zone on a touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to tight end Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeAndre Hopkins didn&#39;t get the ball here, but check his route up top. Defeats man coverage immediately. Wide open.<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;d expect to see this play a few more times in the future with Hopkins as the primary. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J5EC9btOie\">pic.twitter.com\/J5EC9btOie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattVerderame\/status\/1851088292797731022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the latest episode of the New Heights podcast, Kelce raved about Hopkins\u2019 influence on the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s awesome, man. Having D-hop in the building, have another vet, a guy that he\u2019s such a &#8230; I call him Swag Champs,\u201d Kelce said. \u201cWhen you get a vet into the building, and he just juices everybody\u2019s confidence up. He juices everybody, like the aura and the fun that you have in the building and just going to work. He\u2019s just another guy that you can always rely on to show up and put in the work, but enjoy what he\u2019s doing and try and have some fun with it. Man, he\u2019s been awesome stepping up and stepping into the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had two days, Thursday and Friday during practice, to get timing with Pat and in the offense to try and kind of get into the routine everything with coach (Andy) Reid\u2019s way of doing things. And, man, he\u2019s just professional, just a professional guy. He came in asking questions, trying to get caught up as fast as possible. And sure enough, we get him in the building and I think the first third down we had, we went right to him, baby. Yeah, right to him. And he\u2019s right on time, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here is that play.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hopkins and Kelce on an opening drive TD. Dream scenario  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2pDsp07Olo\">pic.twitter.com\/2pDsp07Olo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cody Tapp (@codybtapp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/codybtapp\/status\/1850636612738470098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kelce gushed about Hopkins\u2019 presence in the locker room and expects great things going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s such a professional,\u201d Kelce said. \u201cHe knows how to win football games. He knows how to be accountable. You don\u2019t need to tell that guy much. He gets it. He gets it and he\u2019s only made us better already, and I promise you, as he gets more incorporated into the offense and gets more in tune with Pat, and how Pat likes to do things, and how he likes to do things for Pat, you know, I think all that will just make him a very vital part of this offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fun to have him in the building. It is. Like I said, he\u2019s Swag Champ, just the coolest guy you know. 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