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

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Tyrann mathieu and Malcolm Jenkins are the exact same player except mathieu is 4 years younger

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No.

Jenkins was bigger and stronger. His best attribute was being able to match up on quality TEs and even then he was at a big disadvantage due to size.

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Williams is much younger

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Yes

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and much better

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I wasn't a fan of what we paid Jenkins in his 2nd tour. Mathieu is much better than him.

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I liked the addition. Didn’t like how much it cost us. Jenkins really raked us over just so CSP could right a past wrong. Plus CSP had such a hard on for Jenkins ever since he left.

Having said that, he had a rough go of it in 2020 until the halfway point of the season. After that, he cleaned his shite up and played well until he retired. He did a lot of things for us. Covered TE’s well outside of Waller, blitzed effectively, solid communicator in the back end. He just didn’t make many splash plays, which Mathieu will, which is why I don’t mind the contract. We’re basically getting a younger Jenkins, who can do everything he did, but also change a game with a forced fumble or an INT. As good as Jenkins was, and the defense as a whole, he never really gave us that. It’s a missing component of our already top 10 defense.

We were outside the top 10 in forced turnovers in 2021. It’s not a sustainable stat by any means, but adding a player that caused 6 turnovers last year in a down year vs. someone who had two (Jenkins had 1 pick and 1 forced fumble) is something I can get behind. The addition of Mathieu, and a healthy year from Cam, Payton Turner and Davenport, with some sack-fumbles tossed in, should help us break through the top 10 in turnovers and give our offense some breathing room, esp if we miss out on Kamara for 6-8 games.

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Jenkins was bigger and stronger. His best attribute was being able to match up on quality TEs and even then he was at a big disadvantage due to size.

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Mathieu can cover TEs but he’s much, much better on WRs. I imagine Ceedy will play a little more SS and tail the truly elite TEs more this year since he’s bigger and stronger. I imagine they’ll switch it up a lot since both Ceedy and Mathieu can cover both. But ideally, Mathieu will roam and make plays and cover the slot at times and the TE sometimes while Ceedy is mostly in the slot and then sometimes covering TE’s. They’ll throw multiple looks at guys if they’re worried about them. I’m sure DA and Kris Richard will find the optimal looks. But if Ceedy can lock up a guy like Godwin, he’ll be just fine letting Mathieu do it while he covers Gronk or Pitts or whoever


Hell, as good as Werner and Davis are, they might be the one tailing TE’s in coverage. Outside of Pitts, Waller and Kittle, there aren’t any other TEs that outclass them. They can hang with most of the TEs in the league. Just not the truly elite.

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No.

Jenkins was bigger and stronger. His best attribute was being able to match up on quality TEs and even then he was at a big disadvantage due to size.

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Mathieu has covered tight ends well from what I have seen.

How is Jenkins faster?

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I love Mathieu, but this is above what I think he's worth at this stage of his career. Hopefully, I'm wrong

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I was expecting a contract averaging 8-9 annually
3 year 25-27 million