re: Mathieu officially signing 3 year $33 million deal. 18 Million guaranteed

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Mathieu plays a less valuable position (box-nickel), has already exited his prime, wasn't that good last year, and will decline a great deal every year.

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I’m not sure he’ll decline “a great deal” every year, but I understand where you’re coming from. And you’re an analytical guy, so you’re gonna compare their individual production. Which is valid. But—and this is impossible to quantify—but TM is more valuable than his simple quantifiable production. His being on the field is gonna make everyone better, a sum is greater than the whole of its parts kinda guy. And I think that extends to the whole team as well, not just the defense.

This team doesn’t have a whole lot of guys that have played in big NFL games anymore, and he’s a Super Bowl champion that everybody can look to. So just comparing the individual safeties we lost to the ones we gained, on paper may look like we downgraded. But assuming they stay healthy, I think the defense and the entire team is better with these 2.