Tyrann Mathieu said he was "hurt" by the Arizona Cardinals' decision to release him in March, but he explained how deciding to join the Houston Texans in free agency completed a "full-circle experience."
On Thursday, Mathieu posted an essay on The Players' Tribune about the offseason whirlwind that ended with him signing a one-year, $7 million contract with the Texans.
"I'm not gonna lie: After the Cardinals let me go, of course I was kind of hurt," he wrote. "But at the same time, it was also pretty dope to see J.