Ben Standig of the Athletic reports that Redskins TE Jordan Reed has officially cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol on Wednesday.
Sources close to Reed tell Standig that Reed wants to continue his NFL career, despite his history of concussions.
Standig adds that Reed expects to be released by the Redskins in the coming days, which would save the team $8.5 million of cap room for the 2020 season.
Earlier in the week, New Redskins HC Ron Rivera told Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic over the weekend that Reed was still in the concussion protocol, nearly six months removed from the preseason hit he sustained that cost him the entire 2019 season.
“We’re evaluating all of our options,” Rivera said of Reed. “We have a good young group of guys, and we’re just looking at things and deciding whether or not we want to go that way, continue to get younger — or, do we have to sit there and sprinkle in some veteran guys?
“A great example is the tight end position. Vernon Davis is retired. Jordan Reed is still going through the concussion protocol. He’s a very veteran guy. We have an opportunity to bring in a guy like Greg Olsen — so that’s one of the positions where we have identified, said ‘Hey, we do need to have a veteran guy at that position one way or another?‘”
Reed has dealt with a number of injuries since entering the NFL and sustained seven documented concussions over the course of six seasons.
Reed, 29, was taken in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft by the Redskins. He was in the final year of his rookie contract when he signed a six-year, $48 million deal that included $22 million guaranteed with Washington.
Reed stands to make base salaries of $8.25 million and $8.75 million over the next two years of the agreement.
According to OverTheCap.com, releasing Reed would free up $8.5 million of available cap space while creating $1.8 million in dead money.
In 2018, Reed appeared in 13 games and caught 54 passes for 558 yards receiving and two touchdowns.
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