I’d like to give serious props to fellow ROTB writer and podcaster, Johnny Venerable who first proposed many weeks ago that the Cardinals place the f-tag on D.J. Humphries for the 2020 season.
At the time, I tweeted to Johnny that we should see whether D.J. could stay healthy and productive for 16 games.
Well, we now can check that important box.
I also argued at the time that paying D.J. Humphries $14.6M on the f-tag was way more than the level of his play warrants.
While this probably remains true, some key developments have arisen in recent days:
- Anthony Castonzo, considered by many to be the cream of the 2020 UFA LT crop, said recently that he may consider retiring—which feels like a Jared Veldheer deja vu.