Chiefs To Sign Veteran OT D.J. Humphries

The Chiefs are signing veteran offensive tackle D.J. Humphries, per FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz.

Humphries was medically cleared to return to the field on Friday after an extensive recovery from a torn ACL suffered in December 2023, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. His contract with the Chiefs is worth $2MM with a maximum value of $4.5MM, per Rapoport, a strong deal for a Week 12 signing coming off a significant injury. Kansas City likely had to offer Humphries more money than he would otherwise collect from the NFL’s injury protection benefit to motivate him to sign, per OverTheCap’s Jason Fitzgerald.

The Chiefs came into the season hoping that one of their two young offensive tackles would be able to protect Patrick Mahomes‘ blindside, but 2024 second-rounder Kingsley Suamataia and 2023 third-rounder Wanya Morris have both struggled. Suamataia won the starting left tackle gig in training camp, but was benched in Week 2 in favor of Morris, who has started every game since. Morris did exit the game in Week 10 due to injury, with Suamataia putting together a disastrous performance in his place. Suamataia was then a healthy scratch in Week 11, forcing the Chiefs to look for tackle help elsewhere.

More to come.