FLOWERY BRANCH — Former Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon, who played for the Arizona Cardinals last season, is coming in for a free-agency visit.
Weatherspoon signed a one-year contract worth $3.85 million last March.
A rash of injuries over the past three seasons have hurt his market value. Another hamstring injury slowed him at the beginning of the 2015 season. Should the Falcons re-sign Weatherspoon?
The Cardinals started to use him more late in the season, and he played 18 snaps against Green Bay in the playoffs.
If the Falcons offered, Weatherspoon told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that would consider coming back.
“I’m fine out here in Arizona,” Weatherspoon said via phone after practice before the NFC Championship game. “We love it. It’s awesome. The training is great. Second to none. Obviously, a part of my heart is in Atlanta, but my heart really belongs to the game and wherever we go, that’s just where it’s going to be.”
The Falcons offered Weatherspoon an incentive-laden and performance-based deal, while the Cardinals guaranteed $1.25 million of his deal.
The medical staff would have to believe that Weatherspoon, who has played 16 games only once (2011), is over his rash of injuries. Weatherspoon was a durable college player at Missouri, playing 41 consecutive games.
Weatherspoon played for the Falcons from 2010-13 after being selected in the first round (19th overall) of the draft.
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