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Originally Posted by sTiMa34
Freeney only had 5.5 sacks last season though, kind of an odd time to get a huge free agent contract isn't it?
He still has a big impact on that D though obviously, allowing others to get free'd up etc but he is an elite pass rusher, you'd expect more then just 5 and 1/2 sacks in a year.
Bob Sanders is the glue (and the best player) on that defensive though, how much time is left on his deal?
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He had a shoulder injury and a knee injury that lingered from the beginning of training camp. Plus he was rarely double teamed. Most of the time he was triple teamed by either a formation specifically designed for his side or by olinemen and RBs and TE's blocking him and chipping at him from every direction.
The thing about the deal is that it only counts as 5.7 million this year and i think a tad bit more next.. not alot. Sure not 9 million and 11 million that it woulda cost us. According to John Clayton, because of this deal, we're under the cap by about 4 or 5 million ( if i remember reading correctly ). And that we'll have even more cap space when we release Corey Simon here soon and the cap is suppose to go up next year by about 4 or 5 million maybe more i dont remember. So we'll be able to sign Bob Sanders and Tarik Glenn who i think our both up next year.