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Honestly, if you're going to pay top dollar for a free agent safety, you're better off going with Marcus Williams or Jessie Bates. Their best years are still ahead of them. Mathieu's play drastically fell off this year and there's really no way around it. He's not the player he was when he first signed here. You can't pay top dollar for "leadership," we've all seen how that works out in the past. I really do appreciate his contributions here but he was a hired gun who served his purpose.
Now if he goes out there and can't find a deal he's looking for and offers to come back for 11-12 million a year on a short term deal, then I'm all for it. I can't see it happening though as somebody always overpays for guys like him and we simply can't afford to do it.
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