While Hopkins is expected to play a significant role in the offense as the Chiefs aim for an NFL-record third consecutive Super Bowl title, his longer-term role with the team is not clear. Hopkins will be a free agent at the end of the NFL year, with no indication whether the Chiefs will try to bring him back on a new contract.

For the first time since the 2019 season, DeAndre Hopkins will take the field for an NFL playoff game on Saturday – and it just so happens that he will face off against his former squad. The

Kansas City Chiefs veteran receiver DeAndre Hopkins has spoken on the mentor role he's played for rookie Xavier Worthy.

Teammates choose the captains, and the Chiefs announced that quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, defensive lineman Chris Jones, linebacker Nick Bolton, kicker Harrison Butker and long snapper James Winchester will be captains for the playoffs.

DeAndre Hopkins has been in the spotlight for the Kansas City Chiefs ahead of their divisional-round clash against the Houston Texans.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs traded for DeAndre Hopkins midway through the season, back when the two-time defending Super Bowl champs had lost wide receivers Marquise Brown and Rashee Rice to injuries, and the hope was that the three-time All-Pro could help to stabilize a position group that had struggled for years.

Xavier Worthy credits his late-season surge to working with DeAndre Hopkins and Marquise Brown, a pair of veteran wide receivers who took the first-round pick under their wing.

In his first 11 NFL seasons, Hopkins' teams never got past the divisional round. In Year 12 with the Chiefs, he hopes that changes.

The Kansas City Chiefs officially start their season on Saturday afternoon. Of course it actually started over four months ago when they opened up against the Baltimore Ravens all the way back in

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See what former Cardinals players are on the Texans and Chiefs, who play each other in the divisional round of the playoffs.