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DeAndre Hopkins

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Norman's potential payday is going to go up big time if he can limit Hopkins.  It's one thing to shut down Allen Robinson and Allen Hurns (although I am not taking anything away from how well Norman played overall yesterday), but Hopkins is looking like a top 10 receiver.  Even Hoyer was finding him in the midst of his mostly awful play, and Mallett continued to find him as well once he took over.  He had 9 catches for 98 yards and 2 TD's (plus a 2 pt conversion), and probably would have had more had the Texans had better QB play.

I'm not sure that Hopkins doesn't concern me more than JJ Watt at this point because I've already resigned myself to the fact he will probably get a couple sacks against us.  I think Josh can do a pretty good job against Hopkins, especially if we're not counting on Roman Harper as his help, but he is going to be a big challenge.

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Tangentially related, Andrew Luck threw the ball 49 times yesterday and Andre Johnson had a HUGE 24 yards and zero touchdowns on 4 catches.

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Watching the Colts-Bills highlights made me think of the Eagles Dream Team (i.e. 2015 Colts).  Amassing teams like that just never seems to work out as well as it looks on paper.  However, if Tyrod turns out to be a good QB, the Bills are going to be a great team.

Tangentially related also, I'm glad the Panthers played the AFC East Teams in the preseason b/c it gave them some good work against what look like to all be good teams.

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Deandre Hopkins is about to hit the national scene big time. He already plays like a top 5 WR. Honestly not sure if we can contain him, I'm actually hoping our d-line steps up and just rattles Hoyer/Mallett because we have a better chance of that

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Hopkins is looking like a great player, but don't underestimate Josh Norman's ability. He has shut Julio Jones down on multiple occasions. 

 

In fantasy football this week, I'm faced with the decision of whether to start Hopkins against the Panthers...  I should have learned my lesson after I benched Steve Smith when he scored 20+ last year against us, but I feel like a bad fan if I start someone who's playing the Panthers.

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Hopkins is looking like a great player, but don't underestimate Josh Norman's ability. He has shut Julio Jones down on multiple occasions. 

 

In fantasy football this week, I'm faced with the decision of whether to start Hopkins against the Panthers...  I should have learned my lesson after I benched Steve Smith when he scored 20+ last year against us, but I feel like a bad fan if I start someone who's playing the Panthers.

pass rush has been huge in shutting down Julio.  

The pass rush we saw yesterday? Norman can't stay with Hopkins consistently 

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pass rush has been huge in shutting down Julio.  

The pass rush we saw yesterday? Norman can't stay with Hopkins consistently 

 

Exactly...it's obvious that Ealy isn't a replacement for Hardy just yet(if ever) and we really miss that. Star should help up the middle but he doesn't bring all that much to the pass rush(and was replaced a lot on 3rd and longs for another DE when Hardy would go DT).

 

This defense really cannot get by on a weak pass rush...yes we ended up with a few sacks yesterday but 1 was from a LB blitz and the others were mostly from the last minute drive. We did have one clutch sack from CJ on a 3rd down when they were backed up. Maybe Addison has to start.

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