Patriots Sign WR Jordan Matthews To One-Year Deal Worth Up To $1.7M

Adam Schefter reports that the Patriots are signing former Bills WR Jordan Matthews to a one-year deal.

  • According to Albert Breer, Matthews receives a one-year, $1 million contract from the Patriots to go along with $700,000 in incentives. Breer adds that $170,000 of his contract is guaranteed.

Matthews visited with the Packers, Patriots, Cardinals and Titans this offseason, but it appears as though New England proved to be his best opportunity in the end.

Since entering the NFL, Matthews has dealt with a number of injuries, but Schefter says he’s now healthy and should be a “real factor” in 2018.

Matthews, 25, is a former second-round pick of the Eagles back in 2014. The Eagles traded Matthews and a 2018 third-round pick to the Bills in return for CB Ronald Darby last year.

Matthews played out the final year of his four-year, $4,949,269 contract and made a base salary of $1,094,901 for the 2017 season.

In 2017, Matthews appeared in 10 games and caught 25 passes for 282 yards receiving and one touchdown for the Bills. Unfortunately, Matthews’ season ended with him being placed on injured reserve.

We had Matthews featured in our Top 50 Available 2018 NFL Free Agents list.

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