Cardinals release DJ Humphries

[gmabel830]

Thank you DJ!

Cardinals Release D.J. Humphries

Veteran left tackle hurt ACL late in 2023 season

www.azcardinals.com

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Appreciated your service DJ. This was the right move.

I hope we sign some offensive linemen considering we have two positions to fill.

 

[Dback Jon]

Thanks for your great play and hard work!

 

[kerouac9]

Sucks for him. Cold business. Longest-tenured Cardinal and a captain.

Real interesting to talk winning behaviors and team first and then do this.

 

[Chopper0080]

Sad.

 

[Cheesebeef]

So… now we’ll have even more cap space… that we “can’t afford to blow on an impact player”?

 

[jbjarko]

Sad to see him go, but it was time

 

[Dan H]

Farewell to my brother from another mother, even if I spell my name wrong!

 

[Cardinal88]

Hope he returns when healthy.

 

[SeattleCard]

Good dude. Good Cardinal. Wish him the best. Tough business.

 

[Cardsfaninlouky]

Sucks for him. Cold business. Longest-tenured Cardinal and a captain.

Real interesting to talk winning behaviors and team first and then do this.

You're 100% right but eventually they're gonna have to make a business decision that goes against those things. I suppose this is the start. No one knows how effective he would be after this injury & I guess they had to weigh the money he would make against the risk? We already know what SK would do in this situation lol.

 

[Dback Jon]

You're 100% right but eventually they're gonna have to make a business decision that goes against those things. I suppose this is the start. No one knows how effective he would be after this injury & I guess they had to weigh the money he would make against the risk? We already know what SK would do in this situation lol.

Extend him 5 years?

 

[Cardsfaninlouky]

Extend him 5 years?

Yes lol

 

[Solar7]

Thanks for everything, DJ.

I just hope we don't panic and start looking to replace him at #4.

 

[iLLmatiC]

#capspace

 

[kerouac9]

You're 100% right but eventually they're gonna have to make a business decision that goes against those things. I suppose this is the start. No one knows how effective he would be after this injury & I guess they had to weigh the money he would make against the risk? We already know what SK would do in this situation lol.

I would have dialed back his base to $2M (his injury settlement) and let him rehab with the team.

Maybe he didn’t want to do that for some reason but still an ugly result.

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

Definitely a bummer. True Cardinal

 

[GeorgiaCard88]

Thanks for everything, DJ.

I just hope we don't panic and start looking to replace him at #4.

Agreed, we better make a move in free agency, even if that move is attaining a solid RT and moving PJ over to the left.

Skipping on MHJ or one of these other elite rookie receivers (especially in our situation) for another tackle would be an absolute crime

 

[Cardsfaninlouky]

I just read that the move saves 22 million.

 

[ajcardfan]

I thought they would wait until June and give him a chance to see how his rehab is going. It's not like we are strapped for cap space at the moment. Now, OT is as glaring a hole as WR going into the draft. It probably already was, but now we are not fooling anybody.

 

[Billy Bob]

Thanks DJ, I wish you the best.

 

[Cards Czar]

Is his release pre or post June? Pre 9mil or post 16m for this year?

 

[Totally_Red]

Best wishes DJ! Hope you're back in the future.

 

[ajcardfan]

My favorite memory of him is actually as a rookie, and seeing how much he grew into being a true team leader.

When he was a rookie Arians called him "Knee Deep" because he always needed a kick in the ass. Some of you might remember he didn't play a single snap until late in the season. Looked like a bust. When he did play in the preseason...and I will never forget this as I have never seen anyone do this before or since...he would sprint off the field to be the first at the oline bench. Not to sit on the bench, but to sit on the front seat of the injury cart right in front of the fan.

 

[Stout]

Knew it was coming. It's tough but the right move. Farewell, Knee Deep.