Comments on: Freeney: “I’m not like LeBron trying to leave the team” http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sun, 19 May 2013 05:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jeziyo247 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767931 Sun, 06 May 2012 11:03:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767931 Hey jaydog76, did I hurt your feelings? If I did, sorry! Don’t go telling your mommy on me, let me rephrase myself so that you could understand. Dwight freeney situation is irrelevant when you compare it to Lebron. His comment makes it sound like he would consider changing teams but want to stay loyalty, james visited other teams intended to make a switch. All I meant was that a lot of star players who been with one team throughout their career, went to another team. Yes I know the colts cleaned house but a few players did choose to part ways and yes I know manning was released. Basically its not freeney call weather he stays or not, the colts could choose not to pay him 14 million and release him as well, then again if he’s worth it, they’ll pay him. IMO, he’ll probably restructure his contract so the colts could fill other needs.

]]> By: lameasish http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767873 Sun, 06 May 2012 06:44:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767873 The LeBron hate is just plain dumb, it’s still cool to hate a guy for leaving a team? When freeny does nothing this year while getting wildly overpaid, I hope no colts fans say anything about him.

]]> By: peytonsneck18 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767763 Sun, 06 May 2012 03:46:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767763 @tonyromoishisgaylover, u are a pathetic loser, Luck doesn’t suck, u are a true hater, are u upset that luck will be better than IRG3? Go back to masterbatin to animal porn

]]> By: wetpaperbag3 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767696 Sun, 06 May 2012 02:05:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767696 In all fairness to LeBron, it’s kinda hard to want to stay when your team FAILS to give you ANY help; even AFTER you up re-up your contract with them…yet they STILL don’t give you ANY help! Ilgauskis and an OLD Shaq and his suspect big toe? I’d leave too!

]]> By: footballfan84 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767645 Sun, 06 May 2012 01:16:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767645 Freeney should put that in a rap haha!

]]> By: randallflagg52 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767599 Sun, 06 May 2012 00:33:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767599 I don’t know why the colts are even keeping Freeney. No way he is worth 14 mil at this stage in his career. Only had 8 sacks last season and with the switch to a 3-4 he probably will be even less effective. It’s not like the colts owe him anything, they have proven to be one of the most disloyal franchises in sports (Manning, Baltimore).

I would think even if it was a 5th rounder it would make sense to trade this guy, they need to help Luck if they don’t want him to bust.

]]> By: matthewcarlson1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767584 Sun, 06 May 2012 00:21:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767584 Whatever.. its obviously about the money. Who else would pay him anything near that amount? Good try though.

]]> By: saddolfinfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767519 Sat, 05 May 2012 23:25:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767519 Dwight should talk to peyton and the colts front office about loyalty, if he was in demand, he’d be gone

]]> By: billhicks666 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767482 Sat, 05 May 2012 22:55:58 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767482 People who think that Dwight Freeney is staying with Indianapolis out of loyalty are very naive.

Freeney has 14.035 million reasons why he wants to stay in Indy. Period.

]]> By: brealistic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767480 Sat, 05 May 2012 22:55:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767480 You girls crack me up, Lebron can’t do this Lebron can’t do that. yet Lebron is at the top of hs profession. One question to all you girls how many of you have your
Appreal in any store, shoe contract
How about 18.5 mil a year. Ok how about 10.5 mil. Home?

]]> By: billhicks666 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767475 Sat, 05 May 2012 22:52:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767475 tonyromoisterrible says:

“…On top of that luck sucks….”

Try to explain intelligently why you think Andrew Luck “sucks”. If you can’t, I guess you’re just a troll/hater.

]]> By: jaydog76 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767423 Sat, 05 May 2012 22:09:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767423 jeziyo247 says:
May 5, 2012 3:08 PM
Just another cheap shot at kenton, what does he have to do with you? James is not the only star to change teams, in case you forgot Peyton manning is no longer a colt in fact, half your teammates jump ship to a new team.

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Hey dumb azz, Manning didn’t jump ship, he was forced off of the plank. As were most of the other ex-colts. Why don’t you atleast do a little bit of research before making your self look like an idiot.

]]> By: bagjr387 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767419 Sat, 05 May 2012 22:07:43 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767419 a team built entirely for peyton manning is gonna have a rough year. good defensive players are getting old. not any good young players on D. no good DT’s. this team is gonna get run over. hopefully Luck can have Peyton like skill to get ahead of teams to help win games… but they wont stop the run

]]> By: tarheelpirate http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767395 Sat, 05 May 2012 21:53:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767395 If he’s so loyal to the Colts, he should volunteer to take a pay cut to make his team better. When he does that, I’ll pat him on the back for his loyalty. Otherwise, he’s just feeding his ego.q

]]> By: bhester1906 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767347 Sat, 05 May 2012 21:30:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767347 It is easy for him to say that when he has already got his Superbowl ring. I bet if you were on this Garbage team with no rings you’d want out…

]]> By: muckfodell http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767344 Sat, 05 May 2012 21:29:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767344 If Freeney would have decided to leave, I am willing to bet he would not be the star of an ESPN clown show, with the sole intention of aggrandizing himself and jamming it in the keister of his adopted city.

If LeBron had just left without the hoopla, he would not be viewed in such a negative light…

]]> By: aresarrow http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767305 Sat, 05 May 2012 21:03:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767305 I don’t understand the point bringing up the $14M “makes life easier.” If he’s not worth it, the Colts will cut him. If he means what he says, he’ll retire. Done deal.

]]> By: tomtravis76 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767292 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:58:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767292 ” That would never cross the mind of players like Magic/Bird/Jordan/Ewing/Barkley/Stockton/Hakeem”

- Jordan had Pippen, they added another superstar in Rodman for the 2nd 3 peat.

-Magic and Bird had multiple Hall of Famers they played with their entire careers.

-Ewing…you see how the Knicks treated him at the end and he jumped aroud the league. He went looking to joing a team that could make a run.

- Barkley…well he joined up with Dream ,Pippen and Clyde.

-Stockton didn’t go looking to join another team but he recruited heavily to get guys to join them in Utah.

You win titles with Superstars.

]]> By: wdcskins http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767283 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:51:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767283 “I’m kind of old school when it comes to that thought,” Freeney told Alex Marvez of Sirius XM Radio.

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Jeez, if I’m a 32 year old pass rusher with declining effectiveness, and I’m getting paid 14 million this year, yeah, I’m old school. Like Socrates.

]]> By: cantonbound13 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767282 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:51:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767282 Freeney played great in the Super Bowl & helped his team win a championship. He’s right, he is not LeBron.

]]> By: dogluverssuck http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767255 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:37:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767255 All this crap about “Old School”. Things change and no individual player has to worry about what other people will think about making decisions in his OWN life. Look at Chris Paul, Stoudamire, Carmelo Anthony, hell, even Barkely & Drexler followed Hakeeem in hopes of that ring.

I’m sure Lebron has well over 100 million reasons to care less about what haters have to say :)

]]> By: cmb79 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767253 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:34:09 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767253 As a bred northeastern Ohioan, that is a beautiful line.

]]> By: warrenmoon http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767249 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:31:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767249 I’ve never met Freeney, but Lebron is a douche of a person

]]> By: tluke25 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767242 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:29:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767242 Of course he’s not going to try to leave the team. He’s scheduled to make 14 million dollars this year. At 32 years of age and coming off a bad season, there is no way any other team in the league would even give him half of that.

He should be very thankful the Colts haven’t asked him to restructure. If salarycap hog Manning had stayed with the team, that scenario could have likely happened.

]]> By: burgundyngold4evr http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767230 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:19:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767230 I can think of 2 reason of why Dwight would stay in Indy

1. $14.035 million this season

2. He already has a ring

Back when Lawrence Taylor and Magic were playing, free agency was NOTHING like it is today. It really wasn’t a big part of the business.
Lebron is hungry for a ring and may have found the pieces around him to win that ring. If I remember correctly Magic, Bird, and Jordan were not the only Hall of Fame player on there championship teams.
Dwight needs to shut up or just say that he’s just in it for the money right now because loyalty has nothing to do with it at this point

]]> By: staffordsyear http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767221 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:15:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767221 Im flabbergasted how people can like mebron james..just a selfish personality no guts kinda player..and hes not funny in the least.

]]> By: yoker22 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767181 Sat, 05 May 2012 19:56:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767181 1) Pretty easy to profess loyalty (and take shots at Lebron James) when you are on the downside of your career and are due $14 million.
2) Does Dwight know who he plays for? Colts know all about loyalty. Just ask Baltimore and Manning.

]]> By: footballfan84 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767180 Sat, 05 May 2012 19:56:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767180 I love it!

]]> By: beeronthefridge http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767172 Sat, 05 May 2012 19:51:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767172 You are right! In your sport, you are not even 10% of what lebron is in his!

]]> By: backindasaddle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/05/freeney-im-not-like-lebron-trying-to-leave-the-team/#comment-1767163 Sat, 05 May 2012 19:42:26 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=679537#comment-1767163 It’ll be fun to see if Freeney can actually be put into coverage and not get burned. A 3/4 OLB has a whole lot more responsibilities than a hand-down DE.

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