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Tyrann Mathieu welcomes the team’s defensive adversity

Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu joined the team as a free agent in the spring, signing a three-year contract worth $42 million. He knew that in recent seasons, the Chiefs defense had been struggling. So Mathieu came to the it expecting to be part of the solution. On Tuesday, he told reporters in the team’s locker room that he still thinks that will happen.

”We all have expectations — especially me, [after] coming here [and] wanting to be a part of this team,” he said. “My mindset is to obviously stick to the process — believe in the process — and understand that great things do sometimes take time.