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The Kansas City Chiefs are including some depth to their huge receiver room. The membership has agreed to phrases with former New York Giants wideout Richie James, in response to NFL Media. The particular phrases which have James heading to Arrowhead weren’t instantly disclosed.
The 27-year-old is coming off a breakout yr for New York throughout which he notched profession highs throughout the board, ending with 57 catches for 569 yards and 4 touchdowns. James signed with the Giants final offseason on a one-year deal.
Prior to that, he entered the NFL as a former seventh-round draft alternative of the San Francisco 49ers again in 2018 out of Middle Tennessee. In his three years with the crew, he had 38 receptions for 689 yards and three touchdowns. James did see an uptick in enjoying time and manufacturing in 2020 for the Niners and even recorded a monster recreation towards the Green Bay Packers on “Thursday Night Football” that yr, catching 9 passes for 184 yards and a landing.
However, James suffered a knee harm that required surgical procedure in the summertime of 2021. He was compelled to sit down out the whole yr earlier than touchdown with the Giants.
His addition to the Chiefs comes after an preliminary wave of free company the place the crew noticed fellow wideouts JuJu Smith-Schuster (Patriots) and Mecole Hardman (Jets) each signal elsewhere. James now joins a large receiver room that’s headlined by Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Kadarius Toney, and Skyy Moore.
