Tyrann Mathieu remains a free agent and it looks like his chances to return to the Kansas City Chiefs are slim to none. It’s not necessarily by his choice, though.
In a recent interview with Kansas City Star columnist Sam McDowell (which you should read in its entirety here), Mathieu spoke on his split with the Chiefs for the first time. Mathieu didn’t want to leave Kansas City, and when it was clear that the team intended to move on from him, he didn’t take it all too well.
“Bro, I was depressed,” Mathieu told McDowell. “Heartbroken. Heart. Broken.
“I could not understand it. I could not, man.”
It’s easy to see why he couldn’t understand. He’d been a great player and a great teammate, twice named team MVP, also earning multiple Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors during his three seasons in Kansas City.
Had the team offered Mathieu the contract they gave to his former Houston Texans teammate, Justin Reid, he says he probably would’ve taken it. That is after his agent…