FOXBORO — In a matter of days, maybe hours, Mac Jones could have a new No. 1 wide receiver.

DeAndre Hopkins is expected to take a free-agent visit with the Patriots, though Bill Belichick cast doubt on the timing Monday morning. If Hopkins does visit, and sign, what would Jones think?

“Yeah, I think that’s definitely a hypothetical, but I think DeAndre’s a great player. If you watch his film from college all the way through the NFL, he’s done a great job. So obviously we’d love to have him, but we do have a great group of guys,” he said Monday.

“We just know that we want to win, and I know all the guys feel the same way. But I’ve been really pleased with the playmakers that we have on our team.”

Jones was without  two of his top wide receivers at Monday’s minicamp practice, when JuJu Smith-Schuster and Tyquan Thornton both sat out with reported injuries. When healthy, the Patriots’ receiving corps is seen as average. On Monday, the offense leaned heavily on tight ends Hunter Henry and Mike Gesicki, who also repped with the first-team unit for most of OTAs.

Hopkins spent Monday in Tennessee during his first free-agent visit with the Titans. The 31-year-old wideout has previously said he wants his next team to have strong management, an elite defense and a quarterback who cares deeply about the game. The Cardinals released Hopkins in late May after failing to find a trade partner for the three-time All-Pro, who had been set to earn more than $19 million in base salary this season.