I’ve gotten a couple questions about Freeney and I just don’t see him fitting on the Pats. Freeney will be at his best playing a pure 4-3 end position in a 4-3 scheme that just allows him to go forward. He just doesn’t have the diversity to be an every down defensive end in the Patriots scheme, and though he’s a fantastic player (or was), Ninkovich and Chandler are embedded at those spots.
So maybe you consider him a designated pass rusher, but that’s the only role I’d really see for him at this point. Not out of the question, but it’s likely he’ll want too much money for that role. I expect he’ll sign with a team that runs the old 4-3 he was in with the Colts before Pagano shifted them to more 3-4 looks.c