Washington Football Team tenders restricted free agent WR Cam Sims
Last season, the Washington Football Team needed a receiver to step up. With Kelvin Harmon (torn ACL) out for the year and Antonio Gandy-Golden dealing with an injury of his own, Washington needed to find a productive wide receiver to play across from Terry McLaurin.
Cam Sims was able to step into that role. Sims started 10 games for Washington and recorded 32 catches for 477 yards and a touchdown. He was productive despite the carousel of quarterbacks the team put on the field and made some spectacular catches, including his lone touchdown against the New York Giants.
The Washington Football Team decided to keep Cam Sims around as a result of his strong effort.
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According to the team’s official website, they have tendered him as a restricted free agent. That means he will likely return to Washington in 2021.
It’s unclear what level the team tendered Sims at. The three options are a first-round tender, a second-round tender, and an original-round tender. The first is the most expensive tender while the second is the least, but the higher the pay, the more restrictive it is in terms of teams that may sign an offer sheet to land an RFA.
In all likelihood, the Washington Football Team tendered Sims at an original-round level. Though Sims went undrafted, he isn’t likely to draw a lot of interest on the free-agent market. So, Washington can save $1 million or so by tendering him at that level and not a second-round level.
And if any other team did sign Sims to an offer sheet, Washington would easily be able to match it, as no team would give Sims a huge offer.
This is certainly a smart move by Washington. Sims is a great depth piece to have and he can be a big-bodied role player at wide-out. This by no means solves the team’s issues at receiver, but it at least helps them continue to build solid depth and retain players familiar with the offense.
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Moving forward, the WFT will probably add another receiver to the roster in free agency, and all eyes are on Kenny Golladay and Curtis Samuel, though the latter would fit better in this offense. We’ll see who they end up adding to the position in the coming weeks — or if they prefer to wait to add some young talent via the draft.