METAIRIE, La. – The New Orleans Saints should be feeling better every week about making Marshon Lattimore the NFL’s second-highest paid cornerback.
Much like wide receiver Michael Thomas and running back Alvin Kamara did after lucrative contract extensions in 2019 and 2020, Lattimore has been playing some of his best football since signing his five-year, $97.6 million deal last month. And he has done it despite having thumb surgery in Week 2 and playing with a cast on his right hand the past three games.
Lattimore was named the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Week for Week 5 after locking down Washington Football Team wide receiver Terry McLaurin in the 33-22 win and recording a career-high six passes defensed, tied for the most by any NFL player in the past 15 years, according to ESPN Stats and Information.