Former Saints WR Michael Thomas closing in on deal with L.A. Chargers

St. Widge said

It kind of feels like MT's agent is using AB's account to try to spread rumor of interest in MT because he isn't getting as much interest at MT expected. I'm sure it's humbling for him and that he thought he was going to be in high demand, but with his age and injury history, he is likely going to have to wait until after the draft and sign a one year prove it deal with a team that still needs WR help.

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I don't think it's that at all, I think some veterans (take Mathieu for instance) that are on their 3rd contract, or coming off injuries tend to sign w/ teams after the draft so they can see what their options are. It's a mutual thing, the player has time to get healthier and the team has time to fill it's roster out via the draft and then determine what direction they want to go.

Again, same thing happened with Mathieu after he got cut by Kansas City.