re: Mathieu meeting with saints

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What's the date he can be signed and it won't affect comp picks for Williams and armstead?

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For a brief moment it looked like the Saints would be getting two more valuable comp picks in 2023. Marcus Williams and Terron Armstead each left in free agency on deals averaging more than $14 million per year, which projected New Orleans to receive two additional third rounders.

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But then the Saints wiped out one pick by signing Marcus Maye. Which, fine — that’s a step down from Marcus Williams, but the contract isn’t a bad value, and the Saints needed at least one veteran safety after taking so many losses at the position.

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The decision to sign Andy Dalton and lose that other third rounder is unforgivable, though. It’s baffling. Yeah, the comp pick process is dumb — signing Dalton to a one-year, $3 million deal shouldn’t have any impact on Armstead leaving on a five-year, $75 million contract. But it does, the game is the game, and the Saints have to be aware of that, and they’re acting as if they aren’t. They could have waited to sign Dalton or another backup they pray will never get on the field until after the comp pick cutoff date (the Monday after the 2022 NFL draft, May 2).

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