The Washington Football Team is meeting with former Titans slot receiver Adam Humphries on Thursday.
According to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero of NFL, Washington is "hoping to strike a deal" with the 27-year-old. Humphries hopes to find a deal amid a rapidly dwindling receiver market under an already narrowing window of the shrunken salary cap for 2021.
Humphries had arrived at Washington's facility by late morning, reports Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post.
Humphries never lived up to the four-year $36 million contract he signed with Tennessee in 2019, released last month only two years into the deal. Injuries were a big factor, as he missed 13 regular season games in that span. The nature of those injuries shouldn't be dismissed, either.
While he missed one game on the COVID-19 list, the eight other games Humphries missed in 2020 — including two separate four-game stints — were reportedly related to a concussion he suffered in Week 8. He finished the season on Injured Reserve, unavailable for Tennessee in the playoffs.
There's a lot to like and reason to believe in his potential, as Washington's new quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick, already has a familiarity with Humphries. The two overlapped in Tampa for two seasons (2017-18), which happened to be the most productive two-year stretch of Humphries' six-year NFL career. In that span, Humphries caught 137 passes for 1,447 yards and six touchdowns while playing in all 32 games for the Buccaneers. Although it's worth noting Fitzpatrick only played in 14 of those games, starting 10.
For comparison, Humphries caught 60 passes for 602 yards and four touchdowns over two seasons in Tennessee (2019-20), finishing last season with 23 catches for 228 yards and two touchdowns in seven games.
If Washington ends up signing Humphries, it would represent a complete overhaul of its wide receiver group — after also adding versatile receiver Curtis Samuel last week — finally giving star wideout Terry McLaurin the help he needs to thrive.
And, as JP Finlay notes, it could also "spell the end" for fellow slot receiver Steven Sims Jr.