Toward the end of last season, Chargers outside linebacker Dwight Freeney started musing about retirement and said he wasn’t sure if he’d be back in 2015. Now it’s 2015, and Freeney says he’s sure he’ll be back.
“I could retire tomorrow and still be happy with what I’ve done in this league,” Freeney told Michael Gehlken of U-T San Diego. “But I think I have a lot in the tank as well. It’s one of those things where I’m going to wait for the right situation to come across the table. Hopefully it’s with the Chargers. If they are not interested, obviously, you have to [test] the free agent market and see what team is interested.”
The question, then, is not whether Freeney wants to play. He does. The question is whether any team wants to pay Freeney this year.
The answer to that question is not clear. Freeney is 35 years old and had just 3.5 sacks last season, and at this point in his career he’s only a part-time player. If he’s going to play, Freeney is going to have to sign a low-paying contract and prove himself in training camp.
After 13 seasons and 111.5 sacks, Freeney is near the end of the line. But he doesn’t think he’s finished just yet.
