The Atlanta Falcons signed Chris Lindstrom to a five-year extension Monday worth up to $105 million, which would make him the highest-paid guard in the NFL.
The Falcons announced the deal Monday without disclosing financial terms.
Multiple outlets reported Lindstrom was signed to a $105 million, with $63 million guaranteed. The new deal kicks in for the 2024 season and runs through 2028.
Atlanta was busy on Monday, also agreeing to a trade for tight end Jonnu Smith and to a three-year deal with free agent defensive tackle David Onyemata. Onyemata’s contract is worth $35 million, per multiple reports.
The Falcons and Smith are reportedly working on a revised contract.
He signed a four-year, $50 million deal with the Patriots in March 2021, which included $31.25 million guaranteed. Under terms of that deal, Smith had cap hits of $17,228,529 in 2023 and $18,405,000 in 2024 with New England.
Finally free of the financial burdens of big-money deals signed during the franchise’s most recent peak, Atlanta entered free agency with the second-most salary cap space behind only the Chicago Bears.
Onyemata, 30, has spent his entire career with the New Orleans Saints. In joining the Falcons, Onyemata reunites with his position coach in New Orleans, Ryan Nielsen.
Head coach Arthur Smith named Nielsen as the Falcons’ new defensive coordinator in January. He spent the past six seasons in New Orleans.
Smith coached Jonnu Smith for the first four years of his career with the Tennessee Titans (2017-20). Jonnu Smith, 27, caught 55 passes for 539 yards with one touchdown in two seasons with the Patriots.
Lindstrom, 26, has started all 55 games he’s played in for the Falcons, who selected him No. 14 overall in the 2019 draft out of Boston College.
Lindstrom is coming off a Pro Bowl campaign. He was also named second-team All-Pro.