The Tennessee Titans traded DeAndre Hopkins to the Kansas City Chiefs last week and the former Titans wide receiver scored his first touchdown with his new team. The touchdown put the Chiefs ahead 10-7 and right before the score, Hopkins had a crazy impressive grab that set the Chiefs up in a goal-to-go situation.
Following the touchdown grab, Hopkins did a little dance in the end zone that got the attention of fans of his former team. Hopkins rolled his wrists around each other in a dance that some might know from the hit movie "Remember the Titans".
After getting traded from Tennessee, DeAndre Hopkins is Remembering the Titans 😅 pic.twitter.com/KOgAqNGGdN
— ESPN (@espn) November 5, 2024
Considering that Hopkins spent the past year and a half with the Titans, his touchdown celebration showed that he, indeed, will remember the Titans.
DeAndre Hopkins honored Titans after scoring first TD with Chiefs
The Titans made the decision to trade Hopkins when they had just one win after the first month and a half of the season and clearly weren't going anywhere this year. The Chiefs made sense as a landing spot for Hopkins considering how rough of shape their wide receiver position was in with injuries occuring to Rashee Rice and Hollywood Brown.
Hopkins had two catches for 29 yards in his first game with Kansas City and in his second game, the Monday night match-up against the Buccaneers, he had six catches for 66 yards and a touchdown after that play took place. He's already making Patrick Mahomes' life easier and that's not fun for the rest of the NFL who have to deal with the Chiefs down the stretch.
It was still pretty cool to see Hopkins honor the Titans even if the two didn't spend a ton of time together. It shows that he still respects them and will indeed remember his time in Nashville.