“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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