{"id":711340,"date":"2026-01-28T11:27:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/711340\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:27:32","slug":"deandre-hopkins-understands-harsh-reality-of-possibly-returning-to-baltimore-with-jesse-minter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/711340\/","title":{"rendered":"DeAndre Hopkins understands harsh reality of possibly returning to Baltimore with Jesse Minter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Baltimore Ravens turned things over to Jesse Minter<\/a>, and he is fleshing out his coaching staff<\/a>. And DeAndre Hopkins<\/a> said he understands the harsh reality of possibly returning to the Ravens with Minter.<\/p>\n

Hopkins caught just 22 passes for 330 yards and two scores this season. He said the regime change may not work<\/a> for him, according to UP & Adams via NBC Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality of it, having a new offensive coordinator, being an older guy, I know football, and I know how the business side works,\u201d Hopkins said. \u201cI would love to come back, but not every offensive coordinator is wanting a veteran receiver on their team. Some guys have different dynamics of how they go about coaching. It\u2019s nothing personal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ravens hoping to get back on playoff track<\/p>\n

They certainly have a capable quarterback in Lamar Jackson. And Hopkins said that\u2019s a draw for him to want to be back in Baltimore.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, Lamar and I had a great connection,\u201d Hopkins said. \u201cI think when he came to me, I might have been Top 10 in productive receivers in the NFL when the ball came my way. I love Baltimore, and me being a competitor, I would have loved to be used more, even though we had Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, and Isaiah Likely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always gonna have that mindset that I want to be in the game. That will never change, but it doesn\u2019t upset me that I wasn\u2019t. It doesn\u2019t make me a bad teammate, I\u2019m still cheering the guys on that are in the game, but I felt that I could have been used more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps surprisingly, Hopkins turned in the second-most yardage this season among Ravens\u2019 wide receivers. The passing attack was not quite as dynamic in 2025. A lot of that had to do with Jackson\u2019s injury woes.<\/p>\n

Whether the Ravens get back to being more explosive is yet to be seen with a new coaching staff. And whether they feel like Hopkins is the right fit is also up in the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Baltimore Ravens turned things over to Jesse Minter, and he is fleshing out his coaching staff. And…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,4695,7,10097,6,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-711340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-deandre-hopkins","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jesse-minter","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115972489309623784","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}