Jonathan Gannon confirmed Wednesday (through ESPN.com’s Josh Weinfuss) that the ninth-year blocker suffered a torn left ACL. Humphries will head to IR and wish surgical procedure. The timing of this harm, as Kyler Murray‘s 2022 ACL tear did, creates questions on Humphries’ availability to begin subsequent season.
A again harm restricted Humphries to eight video games final season, one which noticed an getting old Cardinals O-line decimated by accidents. Humphries, 30, returned to observe this summer season and has protected Murray’s blind aspect for the reason that Professional Bowl quarterback returned on the midseason level. Humphries is below contract for the 2024 season, however a keep on the reserve/PUP listing may come to move by September.
Drafted within the 2015 first spherical, Humphries is without doubt one of the longest-tenured O-linemen in Cardinals historical past and one of many longest-tenured gamers within the franchise’s Arizona years. Since debuting in 2016, Humphries has began 98 video games. That places him 12 away from shifting into the highest 10 amongst O-line begins for the 100-plus-year-old group. Earlier than he can transfer previous 100 profession Playing cards begins, Humphries will probably be on the shelf for some time.
The Cardinals have given Humphries three contracts. The newest, agreed to through the summer season of 2022, runs via the 2025 season. Humphries’ three-year, $51M deal checked in a bit beneath expectations, given the place the LT market was on the time, however it supplied $32M in whole ensures. All of Humphries’ totally assured cash has been paid out, nevertheless. Whereas he can be entitled to a small quantity by means of harm safety, the Cardinals may think about a 2024 minimize and decide up greater than $15M in cap house (through a post-June 1 designation). Although, it’s too early to make assumptions there.
Humphries signed all three of his Cardinals contracts throughout Steve Keim‘s GM run. Monti Ossenfort‘s first draft alternative as a GM went to a deal with, Paris Johnson, whom the crew positioned on the fitting aspect reverse Humphries. Johnson closed his faculty profession at left deal with. The crew traded Humphries’ 2022 harm fill-in, Josh Jones, to the Texans in August. The crew nonetheless has Kelvin Beachum as potential insurance coverage, having re-signed the veteran to a two-year, $5.2M deal in March.
The Florida alum had struggled with accidents throughout his early years however stabilized his profession in 2019, starting a three-season stretch of 16-game seasons. The 2021 marketing campaign, which snapped a Cardinals playoff drought, produced a Professional Bowl berth. However accidents have once more stalled Humphries. With ACL recoveries typically requiring at the least 9 months of rehab, Humphries’ availability for the ’24 marketing campaign will must be monitored over the offseason.
