The Washington Football Team will get a major boost for their Week 4 game against the Atlanta Falcons. The team shared on Friday that wide receiver Curtis Samuel has been activated off the injured list, with head coach Ron Rivera telling reporters that the 25-year-old player is set to play on Sunday.
Rivera also added that he and the coaching staff will be cautious about Samuel’s conditioning and will manage his snaps.
“We’ll sprinkle him in,” Rivera said. “There are some things he did that I really liked seeing today … It’s not like we expect him to come out and play 65 plays. That’s the thing we have to be smart about.”
Samuel is one of Washington’s most significant offseason additions, having signed a three-year, $34.5 million contract in March. But his stint with the franchise got off to a bad start, as he suffered a groin injury at the start of training camp and later landed on the COVID-19 list.
The Ohio State product returned to practice in mid-August but ended up suffering a setback just days before Washington was set to play their season opener. He was promptly placed on IR, causing him to miss the first three weeks of the 2021 NFL season.
Prior to joining Washington, Curtis Samuel spent four years with the Carolina Panthers. He played 52 games for the Panthers, catching 185 passes for 2,087 yards and 14 touchdowns.
