The Colts beat the Texans last night, and Houston clearly has one of the worst quarterback situations in the league. But that only makes what DeAndre Hopkins is doing even more impressive.
With 11 receptions for 169 yards, Hopkins now leads the league in both categories. Obviously he has the edge of playing more games than everyone else. He's got 4 more receptions than Julio Jones, who will no doubt catch him on Sunday, and 100 more yards than Jones and Antonio Brown. One of them might still catch him this week; very possible.
But the 23-year-old is having an outstanding season, and he's doing it despite having a pair of lesser quarterbacks slinging it to him.
Last Sunday, Hopkins had a late touchdown erased by replay. Last night, he had a couple of near-miss receptions, including a long one on the sidelines where he couldn't get both feet down in bounds.
Still, even without those, he's averaging 8.4 receptions for 116 yards per game, with 3 TDs. He's on pace for 134 catches for 1,856 yards and 10 TDs.
When the magazine came out we had Hopkins No. 14 among dynasty wideouts. Looking at that list right now, he's definitely no worse than 8th or 9th (behind Beckham Jr., Brown, Jones, Bryant, Cobb, Green and Thomas, with Mike Evans sort of a maybe). He's also 5 years younger than Thomas, 4 years younger than Brown, Bryant and Green. Maybe he should be even higher.
Texans need to find a quarterback, though.
--Andy Richardson