The NFL playoffs head into championship weekend with four teams vying for a spot in the Super Bowl. A total of nine former LSU Tigers are among those teams and according to Nate Davis of USA TODAY Sports, three could be playing their final game with their current teams.
In the AFC game featuring the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals, we have standout safety Tyrann Mathieu.
What Davis Says…
The three-time All-Pro’s arrival in Kansas City coincided with the Chiefs’ rise from contender to juggernaut. And the Honey Badger’s value was never more apparent than in last weekend’s divisional-round matchup with Buffalo, his absence due to a concussion making it easier for Bills QB Josh Allen to shred the K.C. secondary. Mathieu turns 30 in May, and the team has expressed a desire to keep him – but age and money could render him the classic case of an NFL star forced to move on before he’s ready.
Mathieu is in the final year of the three-year deal he signed with the Chiefs. Even if Kansas City decides to move on from their talented swiss army knife on defense, Mathieu should have plenty of suitors in the NFL free agency. I doubt we have seen the last of the “Honey Badger.”
Next, we look at the NFC title game