Well I won’t go so far as to say it’s impossible. Freeney would want a lot of guaranteed money if we tried to do a deal that would be cap-friendly (and we’d have to) but he’d probably be worth it as well, so IF he were to become a FA we’d still have a shot.

And if we decided to trade for him (which I really am not very keen on) it’s perfectly legitimate to require a renegotiated contract as a condition of the trade (or he reverts to Indy). So even then there are options.

But before we can look at contract, we’d have to decide if we really want him. (And for that matter we have to know if he’s truly available.) If Spags doesn’t think he’s worth it, we’re not going to sign him. And if he can’t play the run then we won’t sign him. Last year the Indy rush defense was putrid — though it did show slight signs of improvement at times late in the year — but how much of that was him and how much of that was the putrid DTs… I don’t have PFF so I don’t really know.

Only then can Mickey try to work out some sort of fancy contract.

Um, I like that idea a bit too much…