REPORT: Marshon Lattimore suffered injury on Sunday, will undergo surgery
New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore suffered a broken thumb during Sunday’s season opener against the Green Bay Packers, according to Pro Football Talk. The report also indicates that Lattimore will have surgery to repair the injury, ruling him out for an unspecified amount of time.
The news comes shortly after a dominant 38-3 over defending MVP Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. Lattimore finished Sunday with three tackles, a pass deflection and a sizable bank deposit. Between the game and the injury announcement, NFL Network’s Ian Rapaport put out that the star cornerback agreed to a five-year extension with the team.
The Saints are already light at the cornerback spot, bringing in veteran Bradley Roby before the start of the regular season to patch holes after he finishes his suspension.
Contract extension
The New Orleans Saints also agreed to a five-year, $97.6 million extension with cornerback Marshon Lattimore on Sunday, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapaport. The deal comes with $44 million fully guaranteed and $68.3 million in total guarantees. Rapaport adds that Lattimore can make up to $100 million over the course of the deal.
The new contract provides Lattimore the most guaranteed money of any defensive back in NFL history.
Marshon Lattimore is a three-time Pro Bowler and won the 2017 AP Defensive Rookie of the Year. He has recorded 10 interceptions over his first four NFL seasons and opener his fifth year with three tackles in a 38-3 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
The Saints secondary
Entering the season, the Saints were in dire need to find help at corner for this season. They enter this offseason well over the cap and were forced to part ways with starting corner Janoris Jenkins. To make matters worse Robinson elected to retire in the middle of the Saints training camp. They did attempt to move up in the draft to select either Jaycee Horn or Patrick Surtain II. But with both of them being top of the draft players New Orleans was unable to hash out a deal they liked.
Following a preseason trade for former Houston Texan Bradley Roby, the Saints secondary now features three former Ohio State players. Roby joins corner Marshon Lattimore and safety Malcolm Jenkins. Both will be starting for New Orleans this season as they did the seasons prior. He will also join recently acquired Desmond Trufant and Ken Crawley, who are also vying for the other starting corner position. C.J. Gardner-Johnson is listed as a safety but also does a lot of the team’s lifting at the nickel corner spot.