The Washington Football Team has agreed to terms with WR Adam Humphries, who visited today.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 25, 2021
The Washington Football Team hosted free-agent wide receiver, Adam Humphries, on a visit this week, and they are now agreeing to sign him to a contract for one year.
While we await the final contract details and look to see how much money is guaranteed, we can look at the fit of the move, which seems to make a lot of sense for both sides.
Though Washington already signed a perceived slot-receiver in Curtis Samuel, they reportedly still had desires to get better at the position through either free agency or the NFL Draft, and by signing Humphries, it will likely allow them to move Samuel to the outside to threaten the defense deep alongside Terry McLaurin. With those two occupying the safeties, it should allow both Humphries and TE Logan Thomas to feast underneath.
This is also a great landing spot for Humphries, who played alongside Ryan Fitzpatrick with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and had two of his best career seasons with the new Washington QB. From 2017-2018, when the two were playing together, Humphries had a total of 137 receptions for 1,447 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Humphries also acted as a viable punt-returner for the Buccaneers in his time with the team, which just so happened to be spent under then Special Teams Coordinator Nate Kaczor. Kaczor is now the Special Team’s Coordinator with the Washington Football Team so it could mean that Washington finds a fix at a big hole on the punt-return team.
