is heading home. The Pro Bowl safety is expected to sign with the in the coming days, according to the . Mathieu had a with the Saints and reports surfaced following the 2022 that the club was going of him after they were unable to add at that position over the weekend. Now, that pursuit is going to culminate with the 29-year-old soon inking a deal.The reason Mathieu may not immediately be signing with the Saints is due to the compensatory pick formula, which is
Jason Peters Jersey set to expire at 4 p.m. ET on Monday. After that point, unrestricted free agents no longer count against the formula, which creates an even easier path for veterans like Mathieu to find homes acro s the league.Once the Saints finalize their deal with Mathieu, he's expected to land a three-year, $33 million deal, . Mathieu will receive $18 million fully guaranteed as the deal will make him tied with Quandre Diggs for the
Nigel Bradham Jersey ninth-highest paid safety in the game and the 12th-highest in guaranteed money.New Orleans saw both of its starting safeties depart the organization this offseason with retiring and inking a deal with the in free agency. For Mathieu, that hole in the Saints secondary puts him in an ideal situation where he'll be penciled in as a starter alongside fellow safety , whom the club signed in free agency. Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers
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Shareef Miller Jersey the third Pro Bowl nod of his career in 2021, when he started in all 16 games played in the regular season. Last year, he totaled 76 tackles, six pa s breakups, and three interceptions.This offseason, the Chiefs elected to move on from Mathieu and sign fellow safety to a three-year, $31.5 million contract. That decision left the 10-year veteran as he admitted to that he would have taken a deal similar to Reid's had it ensured that he'd remain with the Chiefs. Of course, this move to the Saints is also a
Isaac Seumalo Jersey homecoming for Mathieu. Not only is he a New Orleans native, but he also put himself on the football map during his days playing at LSU. In college, he was a consensus All-American and won SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2011. So, with this move back home to New Orleans, Mathieu's football career is set to come full circle.