Tyrann Mathieu had no contact with the New Orleans Saints' front office before he joined the Houston Texans, although one prominent Saints player reached out to him.
"The only person I really talked to was Michael Thomas," Mathieu said at the charity kickball event he hosted Saturday (March 24) at the Shrine on Airline. "He was the main one trying to get me here."
Mathieu said he had a "great relationship" with Saints coach Sean Payton and noted how the Saints make their indoor facility available for Mathieu to host his annual football camp for children.