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Report: 49ers Have Not Agreed to Terms with D.J. Humphries

This is strange.
Grant Cohn|
Nov 19, 2023; Houston, Texas, USA; Arizona Cardinals offensive tackle D.J. Humphries (74) smells smelling salts as he and the Houston Texans waits for a call in the second half at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-Imagn Images
Nov 19, 2023; Houston, Texas, USA; Arizona Cardinals offensive tackle D.J. Humphries (74) smells smelling salts as he and the Houston Texans waits for a call in the second half at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-Imagn Images | Thomas Shea-Imagn Images

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This is strange.

Two weeks ago, D.J. Humphries' agency posted on social media that he had agreed to terms with the 49ers. Today, NBC Sports Bay Area reports that Humphries deal was not finalized "and nothing appears imminent."

I guess the 49ers had a change of heart.

It never made sense why the 49ers would sign Humphries in the first place. Humphries is a starting left tackle -- he never has been a backup. And he's only 31. Granted, he missed most of last season with a torn ACL, but that's not a career-ending injury. He should still be looking for a starting job. And he won't start here as long as the 49ers have Trent Williams.

When Humphries' agency posted that he has agreed to terms with the 49ers, I couldn't help but wonder what that news meant for Williams. Is he retiring soon? Or will the 49ers trade him after June 1? The team said he showed up to Phase 1 of OTAs, but he hasn't said or posted anything publicly since October.

Now that Humphries apparently isn't signing with the 49ers anymore, maybe they're more confident that Williams will play in 2025. Maybe he was undecided before and recently has given the team an indication that he's all in. Or maybe Humphries simply wanted more money than the 49ers were willing to pay him. Remember, he has been a starter his entire career. And starting offensive tackles make lots of money.

Stay tuned. This story probably isn't over.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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