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Superstar's departure is a sign that the Jaguars' AFC rival is dissolving?

Superstar's departure is a sign that the Jaguars' AFC rival is dissolving?

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The Tennessee Titans might have made things easier for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

On Wednesday, the Titans traded All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Kansas City Chiefs for a conditional fifth-round pick that could become a fourth-rounder. They will also eat up some of Hopkins' remaining contract.

Given the turmoil in the Titans organization with quarterback Will Levis and Hopkins' issues, the move is no surprise. own comments he made after Sunday's loss. He said he was doing what he was told and nothing more, seemingly distancing himself from the team and shifting responsibility to head coach Brian Callahan.

Callahan appears to be hitting on several fronts right now, including how he deals with it Levis' bad game.

Not long ago, he appeared to overshadow his own quarterback by deliberately blaming the 2023 second-round pick for the team's overly conservative play, which could be one of the main reasons for the stagnant offense.

“You have to throw the ball to win in the NFL,” Callahan said. “You can run the ball really well, and that’s what we do. But we have to find ways when the game is close and throw it in such a way that we make enough plays to give ourselves a chance to win the game.”

Now, without a star wide receiver like Hopkins, throwing the ball will be a little more difficult.

This benefits the already dominant, albeit injury-plagued, 6-0 Chiefs.

“In addition to (Marquise) Brown and (Rashee) Rice, the Chiefs also had backup JuJu Smith-Schuster, who reunited with the team earlier this season, withdraw from the roster on Sunday with a serious hamstring injury,” Cody Benjamin wrote from CBS Sports. “That left rookie Xavier Worthy headlining the pass-catching corps alongside backups Justin Watson and Skyy Moore.”

“Hopkins has battled injuries himself, including an MCL issue this year, but has continued to be a productive possession target on the field. The former Houston Texans star surpassed 1,000 receiving yards as the Titans' top receiver in 2023, following six 1,000-yard campaigns between the Texans and Arizona Cardinals.

The Jaguars have their own struggles and could also become trade deadline sellers, but the offense's problems are solvable. All the Jaguars need to do is recruit offensive linemen. The Titans face a massive quarterback conundrum, and it's only going to make things worse.

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