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Daimyo · 02-12-2007, 04:52 PM

Freeney sure draws a lot of double and triple teams for a guy with "only one move." Its always awesome when teams think he is overrated and try to play him without help. He usually ends up with 2-3 sacks and a FF in games like that...

This year more often than not teams changed their offense to account for him and it really hurt his stats. As an example re-watch the KC-Indy wildcard game when KC was forced to keep Gonzalez back as a blocker the whole game neutralizing a big part of their offense. Things like that just don't show up in the individual stats, but have a huge impact on games.

Everyone knows Freeney's strength is against the pass. The Colt's run defense (of which he was a part) was so terrible that no one threw on the Colts this year. That is a weakness of his (and why he will never be on the level of a guy like Seymour), but it is one that can be overcome at the team level. In the right system with the right help he can be the most dangerous guy on the field in any given week and that's why he is so valuable.

02-12-2007, 04:52 PM	#112
Daimyo College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkeley	Freeney sure draws a lot of double and triple teams for a guy with "only one move." Its always awesome when teams think he is overrated and try to play him without help. He usually ends up with 2-3 sacks and a FF in games like that... This year more often than not teams changed their offense to account for him and it really hurt his stats. As an example re-watch the KC-Indy wildcard game when KC was forced to keep Gonzalez back as a blocker the whole game neutralizing a big part of their offense. Things like that just don't show up in the individual stats, but have a huge impact on games. Everyone knows Freeney's strength is against the pass. The Colt's run defense (of which he was a part) was so terrible that no one threw on the Colts this year. That is a weakness of his (and why he will never be on the level of a guy like Seymour), but it is one that can be overcome at the team level. In the right system with the right help he can be the most dangerous guy on the field in any given week and that's why he is so valuable. Last edited by Daimyo : 02-12-2007 at 04:56 PM.