So Tennessee seems to be changing their offensive philosophy. They're no longer the run-heavy team with Derrick Henry. They're now a pass-heavy team with a trio of wide receivers, and that is not exactly a great thing for DeAndre Hopkins. Whereas last year it was him and only him to contend with, now he's got to worry about Calvin Ridley and Tyler Boyd. Not to mention they still have two capable running backs in the backfield with Tony Pollard and Tayjae Spears.
Now, DeAndre Hopkins, he's getting a little bit older—he's 32 years old. But both Tyler Boyd and Calvin Ridley are going to be 30 by the time the season is over as well. This isn't some youthful wide receiver group at all. But we can say they've been healthy as of late and they're coming into this season fully healthy as well, which means we're going to have a three-way split in targets.
Now, a split in targets with an unproven second-year quarterback, Will Levis, in an offense we really haven't seen before doesn't exactly sound like the sexiest thing here this season. Hopkins is just nothing more than a wide receiver three in fantasy football this season. He'll have some big games this year for sure, but so will Calvin Ridley and so will Tyler Boyd. It's going to be impossible to know which weeks they're going to go off, and DeAndre Hopkins' consistency probably isn't going to be there this season.
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