Dwight Freeney admits to being floored when the Seattle Seahawks released him. According to the defensive standout, he still has plenty of gas left in the figurative tank.
After the Seahawks cut him, Dwight Freeney was snatched on the waiver wire by the Detroit Lions.
“I think I have a lot left,” Freeney said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “That’s the reason why I’m still playing now.”
As for the release?
“It was a big surprise for me for that to happen,” Freeney said. “The GM was really apologetic and said how embarrassed he was to do this, and I was like, ‘OK, guys. Whatever you say.’ I hadn’t been here long and if you guys feel like maybe you can put me on waivers and get away with it, cause he was saying he was going to re-sign me later on that week possibly, and that’s what they were trying to do because they were so hurt at linebacker.
“I said, ‘Look, if that’s what you guys want to do,’ I said I don’t know if I’m going to be here. it’s not like I have a choice. Thank God Detroit picked me up, though.”
The weird good in this is about it coming (slightly) full-circle for the veteran talent.
“It’s funny how things come full circle,” Freeney said. “I started off with Jim in my career in Indy, he was there, and now I have a lot of the same guys with me in the end. I don’t know if this is going to be the last thing for me, last year for me, but if it is, it’s just amazing to be here with extended family with Jim and those guys.”
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