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I'm actually encouraged by Freeney's play. I was worried that he'd resist the changes to the defense, but he has bought in. His issues aren't with technique or effort or ability, but with execution. He's clearly paying more attention to the supporting the run game than he ever has in the NFL, and on the plays where he's made mistakes, it's been an issue of overpursuing the ball carrier or biting on play-action, not an issue of him abandoning or being unable to carry out his responsibilities. All that, and he's still been around the ball as much as any other player in the defensive front.

I think he needs more time. Mathis, too. I don't know why people are so concerned about Freeney, but not concerned about Mathis. Through two games, he hasn't made any plays either. I think both will be fine once the season starts.

great point, yeah he isn't getting after the QB like we have grown accustomed to seeing, but I am not displeased with his support in the run game, however all of our d guys need to work on tackling, seen a few from Freeney where he hasnt wrapped up, allowing RB to gain extra yards.. but Im stoked on his play... Hughes as well but when it comes to dropping back he looks more confused than freeney, but loving how he's playing regardless, which i think for all 3 guys will improve...

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Technically, he's being paid $14 million.

And the thing to remember is that he was never meant to play out this final year of his contract. I'm 99.99% certain that Polian would have addressed that contract by now. It was an obvious decision point.

$14M in his pocket or $19M against the cap, it's still too much for him switching positions and playing in a new scheme. The fact that he wasn't meant to play out this final year of his contract makes the situation even worse.

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$40M tied up in several players vs. $19M tied up in one player. Both situations are bad.

shouldnt had of made his contract so cap friendly in the first couple of years then he wouldnt have been do $19million this year in his last year of his contract.

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elvis Dumerville is getting paid $18.9 million, peyton Manning $18 million, Bradford $15.6 million, Rivers $15.3, Jared Allen $15.2, and tamba Hali $14.5 million. they top off the Forbes list for highest paid players this year. http://www.forbes.co...ed-nfl-players/

but when you have consistent production every year like Freeney has you get that big 5 year contract that pays you $19million on your last year

Freeney is playing in the final year of a contract that was never meant for him to play. I doubt if they have any plans to keep him beyond this season. Plus, he's playing in an unfamiliar position. It Grigson could have traded Freeney for a high pick then he would have jumped at it.

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shouldnt had of made his contract so cap friendly in the first couple of years then he wouldnt have been do $19million this year in his last year of his contract.

It's typical for a player of his caliber to get a deal like this but these deals usually get extended if the player is still performing or the player gets cut if he isn't performing.

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$14M in his pocket or $19M against the cap, it's still too much for him switching positions and playing in a new scheme. The fact that he wasn't meant to play out this final year of his contract makes the situation even worse.

I don't think him switching positions or playing a new scheme even matters; the cap charge is too high regardless. I don't know how the fact that his contract was designed to be addressed by now makes the situation worse, but I'm pretty sure the contract wasn't agreed upon with the knowledge that we'd be installing a new defense right now.

Anyway, I think we ought to be extending Freeney right now (I actually think it should have been done months ago). The fact that we haven't suggests to me that the front office has entertained the idea of trading him, and it's probably still on the table. But I'm not overly concerned with his contract status. It doesn't change what we're asking him to do on the field.

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