When Houston Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins looks up to see he’s in one-on-one coverage, a thought immediately enters his mind.
“One-on-one, I’m going to win,” he told Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, right after he did a whole lot of winning against the New York Jets in Week 11. “No matter who’s out there, I don’t really care.”
He should have that mentality, of course, because self confidence is about as essential as oxygen for premier wide receivers. The position is one where isolation is constant, and a receiver is often left out at the far reaches of the field, tasked with winning a battle.