Justin Reid is leaving Houston. The veteran safety is signing with the Chiefs, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport (via Twitter). It’s a three-year deal worth $31.5MM, including $20MM in guaranteed money (per ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Twitter).
The younger brother of Eric Reid, Justin Reid was a third-round pick out of Stanford in 2018. He spent his entire four year career with the Texans, snagging seven interceptions and collecting 23 passes defended. This included a 2021 campaign where Reid started all 13 games and collected 66 tackles and two picks.
Both Reid and the Texans were interested in a reunion, but it sounds like Reid may have ultimately priced himself out of Houston. We heard previously that the market for Reid could be so robust that it’d be “financially inadvisable” for the player to stick around Houston, indicating that the Texans had a limit to what they’d offer.
In addition to the Texans, the Bears, Eagles, and Ravens were mentioned as potential suitors. Instead, the 25-year-old will be heading to one of the top teams in the AFC. This move would seemingly confirm that Tyrann Mathieu will indeed be playing elsewhere in 2022.
Sad to see Tyrann go. Hate the business side
Is great as Mathieu was sometimes you have to evaluate paying a player not on his past performance but what you envision for his future. I can see Mathieu, as many hits as he has endured not having upcoming seasons like he has had in the past. It’s easy to see his performance starting to take a downward turn.
He had that concussion and knee issues this year. He’s definitely at an age where you start breaking down.
Chiefs got Reid signed JUSTIN time !
I’d absolutely LOOOVE for DeMeco Ryans to get his hands on Tyrann Mathieu, so he can replace Tartt, but I HIGHLY doubt it will happen..
Along with replacing Tartt at safety, the 49ers still need to sign a return specialist, 3rd/4th deep threat WR, 2nd pass-catching TE, replacement for Tomlinson at LG, C/OG depth, possibly a swing tackle, another EDGE, another RB possibly to pair with Mitchell and Sermon, and more DB/slot/safety depth still …
Unless they restructure/extend a couple players, along with Trading/releasing Jimmy G, they won’t have enough flexibility to fill out their depth AND sign the Honey Badger…
But a man can dream!! lol…
Plus, it isn’t like they can’t fill at least a few of those needs via the draft for cheap as well..
Tyrann mathieu left to the chiefs from Houston. Same thing again???