Comments on: Jim Irsay: Colts will induct Dwight Freeney into Ring of Honor http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: fatguystrangler http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340497 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:29:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340497 Freeney was a sack artist, plain and simple. Him and Mathis were such a great tag team of smaller speed rushers that were instrumental in such a prolonged period of success. I’m not sure Freeney makes the HOF, but he’s a HOFer in my book and definitely his spot on the ring of honor.

]]> By: beauregard http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340274 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:02:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340274 nsideindy says:

Anyone that is 1st team All-Decade at defensive end has got to be Hall of Famer. It means he was one of the 2 best DE’s over a 10 year period. What more do you want?
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See: Atwater, Steve.
1st Team All Decade 1990′s
Eight time Pro Bowl selection
Two time Super Bowl winner.
Not even a sniff at the Hall of Fame.

]]> By: mj1818 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340246 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:32:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340246 Freeney to Denver!

]]> By: dolfanatik http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340192 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:10:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340192 Dolphins will out him Ring of game as well, when he helps is win a Super Bowl !

]]> By: ravenscaps48 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340176 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:59:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340176 Did Rob Lowe confirm this?

]]> By: nsideindy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340151 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:34:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340151 Anyone that is 1st team All-Decade at defensive end has got to be Hall of Famer. It means he was one of the 2 best DE’s over a 10 year period. What more do you want?

]]> By: ppc50 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340108 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:47:33 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340108 I think Dallas should let Spencer go, too expensive, and sign Freeney for a year or two. Great end in a 4-3.

]]> By: peytonsneck18 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340099 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:37:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340099 unfortunately it happens to alot of fan favorite players, father time or their cap unfriendly contract forces a team to make a business decision, not a heart decision, happens to every player in the nfl

]]> By: peytonsneck18 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340089 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:29:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340089 Thegreatgabbert…u sure talk alot for being a jags fan, this is the grown folks table, jags fans sit at the kiddie tables

]]> By: ddogdaddy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340086 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:28:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340086 I know it is a business decision but it is still hard to watch our aging stars getting caught by father time or a cap killing contract. This really wasn’t an unexpected move just as the Manning decision last year wasn’t. Good luck #93, you will be missed.

]]> By: smithopher http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340059 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:11:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340059 I think he’s a hall of famer, maybe not first ballot, but the main reason that the colts were able to keep leads with Peyton manning running the offense was because freeney and Mathis made it damn hard to get passes off and get back into the game. He did it for years, too. He wasn’t a flash in the pan who got to take advantage of having a qb capable of bailing the defense out, he’s a legit contributor and has been since he entered the league.

]]> By: bartlettruss http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340047 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:04:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340047 Ironic that the Irsay family decides who is included in a “ring of honor”.

]]> By: brownstain http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340024 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:50:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340024 “Jimmy’s a class act, and there is no doubt Dwight Freeney is deserving.”

While I’ll grant that Freeney is deserving, how could anyone call an Irsay a “class act”?

]]> By: tonyugoh http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2340008 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:33:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2340008 1st-team All-decade for the 2000s, possibly borderline Hall of Famer. Certainly one of the best Colts of all-time, wish you well wherever you sign Dwight.

]]> By: thegreatgabbert http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2339923 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:45:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2339923 “What are we going to do with this old burnt out Freeney?”.

“Ehh…just toss him into the Ring Of Honor.”.

]]> By: taxlaw26 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2339915 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:41:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2339915 Freeney was not a great player. He sold out on defense to get sacks. His tackle totals. tell the story. The guy averaged 18 non-sack tackles a year for his career. One year he had more sacks than regular tackles! The epitome of a cherry picker.

By comparison, Terrell Suggs (who averages about the same number of sacks) has averaged 50 non-sack tackles per year. JJ Watt had 60 last year to go along with his 20.5 sacks.

]]> By: robert831 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2339902 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:36:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2339902 Irsay is far from a class act. Have you already forgotten the debacle with Manning last year?

]]> By: jtt183 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2339886 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:29:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2339886 Great player. I always point to the 2007 season and the 2009 SB. Freeney was put on IR in 2007 and the Colts defense was not the same down the stretch. In the 2009 SB, Freeney had the ankle problem and left the game. Then Brees shredded that defense. Colts were up 10-0 until he got hurt.

]]> By: thegreatgabbert http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2339885 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:29:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2339885 Coincidentally, Dwight received the news of his induction on National Not Resigning Day.

]]> By: mataug http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2339874 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:25:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2339874 I loved that spin move he made around offensive lineman, made a joke out of them :)

]]> By: dioalice http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/jim-irsay-colts-will-induct-dwight-freeney-into-ring-of-honor/#comment-2339864 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:23:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737574#comment-2339864 Jimmy’s a class act, and there is no doubt Dwight Freeney is deserving.

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