The Cardinals are expected to exercise the fifth-year option in left tackle D.J. Humphries‘ contract, AZ Central’s Kent Somers writes. 
Taken with the 24th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, Humphries will be owed $9.625MM in 2019 with Arizona exercising the option.
The move isn’t a surprising one, as the Cardinals have been impressed with Humphries’ progress at the position after picking it up in 2017. Though he shows solid potential, he has had trouble staying on the field.
He was inactive for every game as a rookie and began the following season at right tackle before moving to the opposite side of the line. After playing in 13 games in 2016, Humphries was limited to just five games in 2017 after suffering a knee injury against the 49ers in November.
He underwent surgery to repair a torn MCL and dislocated knee cap and expects to return to the field at the start of the 2018 season.
Why would a team pay someone the average of the top 10 salaries if the player has missed most of their first 3 years? Regardless of how much potential the player has shown, that sounds crazy to me.
because he’s good
How many good OTs r there in the NFL right now. The birth of the spread and rpos have made the OL in hs and college completely error proof. They get there hands on the DL and that’s good enough for the QB to get the throw off or the RB to pick his opening and go. No1 legit blocks that’s y there’s been such a low number of NFL ready OLmen taken in the top half of the draft in the last few years