{"id":864440,"date":"2025-07-24T03:17:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/saints-to-sign-free-agent-s-julian-blackmon\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T03:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:17:03","slug":"saints-to-sign-free-agent-s-julian-blackmon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/saints-to-sign-free-agent-s-julian-blackmon\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints to sign free agent S Julian Blackmon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following the unexpected retirement of future Pro Football Hall of Fame<\/a> safety Tyrann Mathieu, the New Orleans Saints<\/a> are signing former Indianapolis Colts<\/a> S Julian Blackmon, per Ian Rapoport.<\/p>\n

Blackmon, just 26 years old, has been a cornerstone of the Colts\u2019 secondary for the past five seasons. He\u2019s recorded 10 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 243 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble throughout his career\u2014and perhaps most notably, 64 run stops. That\u2019s significant for a Saints defense that allowed 4.9 yards per carry in 2024, the second-worst mark league-wide behind the Carolina Panthers<\/a>\u2019 5.2.<\/p>\n

At 6-foot, 202 pounds, Blackmon brings a noticeable difference in size compared to the 5-foot-9, 190-pound Mathieu. And while the Honey Badger\u2019s impact is second to none from a leadership and teammate perspective, the Saints may have bolstered their defense with this signing\u2014especially considering the inevitable decline of the 33-year-old.<\/p>\n

Mathieu, an LSU<\/a> legend and the Saints\u2019 2023 Man of the Year, didn\u2019t miss a single game in his three seasons wearing the Black and Gold. His shoes will be nearly impossible to fill.<\/p>\n

But Blackmon is an experienced veteran who can step in and immediately address one of the team\u2019s biggest needs. I\u2019m a big fan of the signing\u2014are you?<\/p>\n

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Following the unexpected retirement of future Pro Football Hall of Fame safety Tyrann Mathieu, the New Orleans Saints are signing former Indianapolis Colts S Julian Blackmon, per Ian Rapoport. Blackmon, just 26 years old, has been a cornerstone of the Colts\u2019 secondary for the past five seasons. He\u2019s recorded 10 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 243<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":864441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3629,3790,23796],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-864440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agent","8":"category-football","9":"category-saints"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}