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You know when Hamilton gets excited about something he just keeps digging and digging and digging and that brings us to Deandre Hopkins because it's been a bit now it's been a week since he was officially released and I feel like the only news we've gotten lately is teams coming out and saying we aren't interested we like who we have so there's a lot flying around right now we're going to sort it out you and me right now and figure out who is in the race for the three-time alt pro it is time for investigation and Deandre that's a little terrifying you know how serious this is let's start with the unlikely suspects okay first up we got the cowboys here's the deal both Jerry and Stephen Jones came out yesterday and said Dallas is unlikely to pursue Deandre bringing up how happy they are to have their archer thousand-yard guy in Brandon cooks okay that's what they said next jaguars all right not you know I didn't really see it as a likely destination but still Doug Peterson figured he'd have to talk about it he confirmed it he's probably asked about it and he said that it is not a realistic possibility for them so scratch off the jags and the cowboys on the list kind of all these people live so it's whatever the bills they've considered and been considered one of the strongest contenders to land Deandre it makes the most sense they got it to win the Super Bowl and it did take Brandon Breen's comments to Pat McAfee it took me in the direction of that there's a bit of a beacon of hope okay can we see that tweet again I didn't see it I need to see that Deandre's heck of a talent it would definitely have to fit with how we would structure the salary and all that never rule it out so this is being to McAfee never rule it out but it'll probably command a decent contract mmm it does kind of sort of make me feel like it's not happening because the tea leaves are just the numbers Buffalo's really tight with their cap space situation right now so I'm gonna sort of curb them a little bit though the doors always open then there's the jets now we we love our current group I know we there are some stuff with Odell but other than that there's we love our group it's very cute like I said so is he Robert Salah so is Aaron Rodgers so is Deandre how because it's a very like cute sexy storyline but that's what he said about that so they're out how about the Lions right the Lions like if I'm investigating and I have my detective head on and I'm looking for teams that have this space I'm going to Detroit they have 24 million they're going to be without James and Williams for a while that you know they might make sense David saying that Lions coach Dan Campbell uh about Hopkins said I'm not going to comment on that one but I like our receiver room I think we got a good mix of different types of guys so they're most likely out but why don't you want to comment on it just say that you're out if you're out right and then there's the Browns okay there were rumors swirling about him reuniting with his Texans teammate so we've got Stefanski being asked Andrew and his crew always looking to improve the roster but I'll just say I really like the room the way it is so that says to me that gosh we're we're striking out here people that says to me it is probably not happening so then you've got the Cowboys you've got the Jets you've got the Bills the Browns the Lions the Jags six teams these are strong teams that were thought to be maybe not the Jags but the rest of them like let's make a move these guys can swing and get nuke and they all seem to be out of the race so now let's take a quick look at the squads who have been very tight-lipped very quiet when talked about adding the star ride receiver okay so those are the teams that sort of came out and said we're good we're good we're good and then you have teams like the Giants Davele said anytime there's anyone out there who can help the team Joe Shine Shane and and his staff will look into it okay and that's intriguing and what's intriguing is what he didn't say there was no I love my receiver room like we heard from Dan Campbell or Kevin Stefanski okay New York would have to do some serious cap gymnastics to make this work but they seem to be at least entertaining it let's move on to the dolphins here I would say this is less likely but like I discussed yesterday with one delvin cook they do have space available and Mike McDaniel did make it clear they're gonna do something with that cap room so pairing Hopkins and Tyree that'd be pretty legit that would be scary so there's an unknown that's not totally closing the door then you have the Titans so they're desperate need of a number one target after trading AJ Brown last year and Vrable was noncommittal saying that Tennessee's focused on the players they have and that you know he'll keep us updated there's history that's worth considering remember Vrable and the DC in Houston when Deandre is with the Texans and when he was hired in Tennessee back in 2018 Newk had plenty of praise for him quote he's a great guy he's not a good coach but he's a good guy he can relate to his players the Titans are lucky to have him he also goes on to say that his relationship with Vrable went beyond football that it was personal the Titans I think definitely just based on this isn't a team to watch okay Deandre praising Vrable all of that so I really think the Tennessee fit could happen and for the last of these sort of unknown spooky teams could it be a Ryan Polls swing for the Bears okay we have not heard from Polls we have not heard from Eberfluss about Deandre yet but here's this to throw out there this is what the Bears have 32.5 million in cap space right now by far the most in the league they can win a bidding war against anyone and if DHOP is sold on Justin Fields pairing that with DJ Moore in that receiver's room has to be attractive to them okay he's a mover he's a shaker and this sort of thing can vault the Bears into the NFC North conversation and is it worth it to be in the NFC North conversation to pay that for him if you're not going to go much further than that probably not but I would be shocked if Ryan Polls was not crunching numbers and weighing on a abacus thing like what white work numbers wise for them and what the value might be in bringing home this all pro so those are the unknowns you got the Giants you got the Dolphins you got the Bears you got the Titans who I like a lot and that's sort of the other tier of these guys and the guys that are out the unknowns and here's I'm just going to throw them out there because you know I'm just going to stick all the pasta on the wall and see what sticks here there's the unlikely suspects that would be long shots but that I like first up this is the team that was talked about all along it's the Chiefs it is unlikely even though they're interested we know that it could have been likely because they tried to make this deal happen be a trade with the Cardinals they don't have the money though they're the second least cap space right now but what they are really crafty at with Beach who we love on this show is moving some decimal points they can free up a lot of money in a hurry you can see the impact of the Mahomes ceiling but the biggest factor here is Chris Jones we know they're working on an extension for him okay and that twenty eight point three million dollar cap it could go down dramatically if Casey can make that work great photo from Chris Jones at the White House yesterday taking a nap it was great nuke of course obviously has said yeah uh uh signing up I play for Mahomes no brainer for this to work if they can make the finances work the other team that's a long shot that I want to put on everybody's radar is the Texans yes you heard right the Houston Chronicle is reporting that there is some mutual interest and they say you can't go home maybe you can't DeAndre likes the rookie CJ Stroud this was being an insane turn of events and you know I imagine he wants to opt for a contender I don't know what is driving DeAndre happens I have not asked him but they look like a legitimate option and if we're in a world people where live in the PGA tour can come together under one umbrella and create a new business uh you think DeAndre can't go back to the Texans of course he can next the Patriots okay let's dig into this Bill Belichick at the podium is saying I'm not going to comment on players who aren't on this team that's his tagline it's what he said if he was on real house husbands of the NFL that's what he would say to the camera in every opening credit but on the field during in season hard knocks we did get some insight into Bill's true feelings detective style take a look I'm glad we don't have to play every four years man I love you ma it's half the season it's still gonna be the league in receiving gonna do my job man yeah trying to get better man okay there's love here mutual respect between the two that might work the question is just Bill O'Brien is there lingering anything between the two of them like Nuke Bill O'Brien are we friends do we get along do we love each other that's kind of the only obstacle in my mind um your thoughts guys and the last but definitely not least um sort of outlier like long shot but I would love to see it happen it's a place that's just adding receivers like they're being paid to do it and it's to Costa and those Baltimore Ravens okay Eric and John have yet to comment at all on DeAndre since his release that's sort of fishy to me right like we do know Lamar Jackson asked for the team to acquire him during contract negotiations between the quarterback and the team and John Harbaugh has made his feelings you guys this is good he's made his feelings about DeAndre very clear not just recently but over the past decade let's start back in 2013 leading up to a week three meeting with a rookie Hopkins Harbaugh revealed that the Ravens quote loved him heading into that year's draft but they missed out on him by five picks remember they picked 32nd the year after winning the Super Bowl a Houston snap nuke at 27 okay then there was 2017 let's fast forward to John Harbaugh calling DeAndre a star one of the very best top receivers in the league and then in 2019 he said quote I don't see one hole in his game high praise from Harbaugh to Hop so we know Lamar wants Hopkins we know Harbaugh loves him he has for a decade will Eric to Costa take the swing and do it potentially it'd be crazy if they did it what a loaded team what would they what would that do to them with the AFC shuffle and the hierarchy they're already pretty high up there which is a put them at the top of the division I yeah and then does it what does it do for them in the landscape of the AFC that would be insane if it got DeAndre so that's a lot of evidence there was a lot to take in very comprehensive Hamilton did so much work on this and I'll say this after looking at all of his evidence the discovery put in by Hamilton I got to come to the conclusion that the Chiefs the Texans the Pats and Ravens these are the top dogs I think to land DeAndre this is I think he's going to one of these four teams and I think I hit like 15 teams there if I missed any let me know and tweet me at up and Adam's show there we go coming up we've got Jalen Smith he was with the Cowboys he was with the Giants where will he go next Jalen Smith joining us oh looking like oh there we go he got a smile on him Joe McHale the hilarious Joe McHale joining us as well