KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs and Tennessee Titans are finalizing a deal that will bring wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the defending Super Bowl champions.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter broke the news on Wednesday morning. NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reported the Chiefs are trading a conditional fifth-round draft pick that can become a fourth-rounder.

In Hopkins, 32, the Chiefs will be getting a five-time Pro Bowl and three-time All-Pro receiver who is in his 12th NFL season. Hopkins previously played with the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals before joining the Titans last season.

Hopkins has posted 115-reception seasons twice in his career. He led the NFL in touchdown catches in 2017 — 13, with the Texans.

The Chiefs’ wide receiver corps has been decimated with injuries. The latest came Sunday in Kansas City’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers, when JuJu Smith-Schuster aggravated a hamstring injury.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday that Smith-Schuster would miss at least the team’s next game, at the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.

Rashee Rice, the Chiefs’ top wide receiver last season, suffered a season-ending knee injury against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 4.

Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, acquired in the offseason to bolster the position group, suffered a sternoclavicular injury on the first preseason snap that required surgery.

The Chiefs finished the 49ers game with Xavier Worthy, Justin Watson, Mecole Hardman and Skyy Moore as their active and available receivers.

Even with their issues at receiver, the Chiefs are 6-0 this season. They are the NFL’s lone undefeated team.

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