Indy looking to trade Freeney

[Ickybaluky]

Makes sense, for them to free up cap space. Per Adam Schefter.

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[Stewie]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

How much duct tape and vicodin does he come with?

[trapezeus]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

if i was the colts owner, i just went 1-15 with expensive players. i just cut bait with the face of the franchise. i would cut pretty much every other expensive player and start over.

why pay for washed up players, when new, cheaper players will put you at possibly 2-14 or better?

[Ickybaluky]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

How much duct tape and vicodin does he come with?

Freeney may be 32, but he can rush the passer. That is such a valuable skill that there will be interest in Freeney. He has been durable throughout his career and hasn't really had many serious injuries to deal with.

I think the hard part for any team making a deal will be coming up with a new contract. Freeney has a very high salary, so his contract will need to be re-done. At this point in his career, he probably isn't a full-time player anymore. If you limit his snaps to 60% or so he could really help a team. Think of how Bruce Smith stuck around so long because of his one special skill, Freeney could finish his career in a similar manner.

Do you pay big money for a guy who doesn't play every down? That is hard to do, if you sign a guy to a big contract you need him on the field. With Freeney, he will have to take less money up front in exchange for incentives. He will probably still get a sizeable contract, but not along the lines of what he was paid before.

[X-Era]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

He's on the wrong side of 30 which is something Nix isn't a fan of. And his cap hit would be 19 mill and he supposedly won't restructure.

Great player, would help immediately, but has significant speed bumps for us to make that deal. Personally, I'd love it if we could get him to re-do his deal.

[stuckincincy]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there was Ron McDole.

[TacklingDummy]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

He's got 2 years left in his tank especially lining up with Williams on the other end.

[justasportsfan]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

He's got 2 years left in his tank especially lining up with Williams on the other end.

Not sure if he's looking to sign a 2 year cap friendly contract that will allow us to grab Marrio.

[Stewie]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

He's on the wrong side of 30 which is something Nix isn't a fan of. And his cap hit would be 19 mill and he supposedly won't restructure.

Great player, would help immediately, but has significant speed bumps for us to make that deal. Personally, I'd love it if we could get him to re-do his deal.

Why would he restructure? The only one who benefits from that situation is the Colts, so they can get something in trade for him. If he won't restructure, no one will take on his contract, and he can choose his destination.

[Skooby]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

~$19 M hit, so I can see why they would like to trade him:

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/dwight-freeney/

[ThunderGun]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

Man, the Colts are gonna be a trainwreck for a while.

I know everybody thinks Luck is a can't miss prospect, but he is definitely not going into a good situation. I wouldn't be shocked if he busts. Not because he's not talented, but just look at what his supporting cast will be.

OLine = garbage
WR's = garbage. All they have left is Collie, who is one concussion away from retirement.
TE's = Clark was awesome....with the best QB ever passing to him. Who knows if he'll be good without Peyton.
Defense = garbage. They kept Mathis, which is good. But Freeney is a goner, and the rest of their defense blows.
First time Head Coach
First time GM, with little experience (he was just a regional scout only 6 years ago)

I'm not saying Luck will bust....but I definitely wouldn't consider him a sure-thing, when you consider the fact that he'll have no talent around him.

[ThunderGun]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

Why would he restructure? The only one who benefits from that situation is the Colts, so they can get something in trade for him. If he won't restructure, no one will take on his contract, and he can choose his destination.

Right, and he doesn't want to play in their new 3-4 scheme anyways.

[ghz in pittsburgh]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

@last year of a contract that calls for $14 mil salary and $2.5 mil bonus. Good luck for trade.

The trading partner certainly would want to have a re-done contract to make it happen. I see him as a fall back option for teams failing to get targetted DE in the FA market. But the Colts ain't keeping him for long.

[Ickybaluky]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

Right, and he doesn't want to play in their new 3-4 scheme anyways.

I don't think scheme matters much. Even base 3-4 teams are in sub-defenses 60%-70% of the time. Freeney fits in those situations.

[ThunderGun]

Re: Indy looking to trade Freeney

I don't think scheme matters much. Even base 3-4 teams are in sub-defenses 60%-70% of the time. Freeney fits in those situations.

Well if he's played his entire career with his hand on the ground, and he's now years old, I wouldn't think he'd want to suddenly switch to an OLB.

Rotoworld agrees:

Freeney is not only dead-set against converting to outside linebacker in Chuck Pagano's 3-4 scheme, he's also carrying a prohibitive salary cap figure of $19.035 million. While Freeney is on the wrong side of thirty, he should draw plenty of interest from contenders with 4-3 defenses.