Anybody's opinion changed after UT landing Cordarrelle Patterson?
I don't think it will matter. Da'Rick's touches might go down a little next season because of a healthy Hunter and the addition of Patterson, but IMO this also is a good thing for him.
His catches might go down, but the quality of catch will be much better. By "better quality of catch", I mean that Da'Rick should be open much more often and be in much better space when he catches the ball due so much attention also having to be paid to Patterson and especially Hunter. I would expect much better yards after catch (YAC) and yards per catch (YPC) out of Da'Rick next season.
So, IMO, Da'Rick is gone anyway. And it would be the right choice. He has earned it.