Breaking down the Washington Football Team’s position battles: No. 2 Receiver
Current Favorite: Dontrelle Inman
Listing a guy who played for two teams last season and racked up 12 catches for 181 yards may not be inspiring. Nor is the fact that he has only been in Washington for less than a month.
That said, the fact of the matter is Washington doesn’t have a lot of options at receiver. In the wake of Kelvin Harmon’s injury and Cody Latimer’s suspension then release, the team was relatively thin in the receiver room.
Dontrelle Inman represents the most experienced option at the position and should be able to hold onto the job for a bit. The former Virginia Cavalier entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2011 but didn’t make the Jacksonville Jaguars out of college. From there, he went to the CFL and starred for the Toronto Argonauts before returning to the league in 2014.
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Since then, Inman has been a solid receiver for several teams. The Chargers utilized him as a starter for a few years before he became more of a top backup for them and the Bears. Inman didn’t always put up massive numbers — his best season came in 2016 when he caught 58 passes for 810 yards and four TDs — but he was a dependable player who could make plays down the field.
In Washington, Inman can serve as a mentor toward the team’s younger players while being essentially the interim starter across from Terry McLaurin. He won’t be anything too flashy, but he has never averaged fewer than 10.9 yards per catch in a season. He has good size at 6-foot-3, 205 pounds, and should offer contested catch opportunities despite not being the strongest player.
Inman may not be the most exciting player, but at the moment, he’s the most pro-ready option that Washington has. In an ideal world, he won’t be the No. 2 receiver long but at least to start the season, he should be.