OT: Freeney signed: 6-yrs/$72M, $30M guaranteed
 

Sirius Radio is reporting that the Freeney deal is "done": 6-yrs/$72M, $30M guaranteed. Apparently this makes him the highest paid defensive player in the league.

Re: OT: Freeney signed: 6yr/$72M, $30M guaranteed
 

Good move by the Colts - I've got a lot of respect for Freeney - as do a bunch of Patriots players I'd bet.

Let's give credit to Freeney for his good attitude in getting this deal done too - he generally kept his mouth shut, said all the right things about respecting the team and wanting to play for the Colts, and even attended voluntary offseason activities without a long term contract.

Are you paying attention Asante?

Good thing the Pats weren't renegotiating Seymour's contract this year with Freeney and Peppers pushing the market that much higher.

Re: OT: Freeney signed: 6yr/$72M, $30M guaranteed
 

According to ESPN it actually makes him the highest paid defensive player in league history.

Re: OT: Freeney signed: 6yr/$72M, $30M guaranteed
 

Imagine what he'd make if he could play the run!

Re: OT: Freeney signed: 6yr/$72M, $30M guaranteed
 

they HAVE to be planning to let Marvin go after this season, which makes sense because he's like 50....they already had to restructure a couple big contracts this season to get wiggle room for this season and Bob Sanders is up for a new deal next season.

Re: OT: Freeney signed: 6yr/$72M, $30M guaranteed
 

Boston Built... what are you talking about. Marvin Harrison is still probably the best receiver in the game. But damm.. 12 mil a year for a pure pass rusher...Thats a bit steep. Just imagine what Shawn Merriman could get.

Re: OT: Freeney signed: 6yr/$72M, $30M guaranteed
 

I don't know if I would have made that deal. Freeney has been living more off reputation than production the last season and a half. Maybe he was injured or the fact that the center of the d-line was affecting the number of double or triple teams he was getting, but he hasn't been performing close to the best defensive player in the league.

Personally, I always thought of Freeney as an one-trick pony. He is a great pass rusher and not much else. He hasn't been all that great of a pass rusher recently. He only had 5.5 sacks last year and 3 of them came against the Bengals who had both of their starting tackles out for most of the game. Levi Jones was out because of injury and Willie Anderson was injured in that game.

Polian is gambling a lot that last year was a fluke.

By the way, how much do you wanna bet that Asante Samuel's agent says that Freeney's deal is very relevant to Samuel's situation after he said Vasher's contract had nothing to do with Samuel's situation. It is only a matter of time that his agent uses Freeney's contract publically.

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I am afraid of what Shawne Merriman's going to want/get.

Re: OT: Freeney signed: 6yr/$72M, $30M guaranteed
 

Well...Chargers could always say "You got dominated by Matt Light...so no way do we give you X amount."

Re: OT: Freeney signed: 6yr/$72M, $30M guaranteed
 

Well Seymour was the highest paid player in the league last year. His bonuses bumped his total payout to over 24 million dollars for 2006.
So the Pats weren't really cheap last year, they just decided to give all their leftover money to Seymour.
I think that's why they were able to go on a spending spree in free agency in 2007.

Well if you're getting 30M guaranteed in bonuses I would hope that you could keep your mouth shut! LoL.