Yeah Mathieua is a tremendous talent but $$ on the cap that would have been guaranteed this afternoon was hard to reconcile with his ability to stay healthy, although he did play all 16 this past season.
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Mathieu was cut just hours before $5.75 million of his 2018 salary and $8 million of his 2019 salary were to be guaranteed Wednesday afternoon
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Mathieu, 25, finished three of his five seasons on injured reserve thanks to two major knee injuries -- a torn ACL and LCL in 2013 and a torn ACL in 2015. Mathieu's 2015 knee injury derailed the best season of his career. When he went down in Week 15 -- the game the Cardinals clinched their most recent NFC West title -- he was in the conversation for Defensive Player of the Year. He was named a first-team All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl that season.
His 2016 season was cut short by a shoulder injury that landed him on injured reserve.
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