“Deandre Hopkins posted his family dancing to ‘22 ’ by Taylor Swift, with the caption ‘rumor has it,’ just 4 days ago,” tweeted Chiefs podcaster Lexi Osborne on X after news of the deal became public. Alas, it turns out that video was not a hint of a coming trade to the Chiefs.

On Wednesday, the Chiefs traded for the former Titans receiver, giving Patrick Mahomes some much-needed wide receiver help amid injuries to Rashee Rice, Hollywood Brown and now JuJu Smith-Schuster. Yet, if you read into Hopkins’ Instagram post from the other day, the trade might have been in the works already.

DeAndre Hopkins dropped a clue pointing to a trade to the Chiefs a few days before the move went through, but everyone missed it.  The defending champs completed a deal for the Pro Bowl wide receiver this Wednesday,