Freeney won't hit the Market

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

I think the free agent pool is going to be pretty pathetic in the next several years. With teams having record amounts of cap space available to sign the best free agents, most of the players who will hit free agency will be old, recovering from injuries, demanding more than they are worth, have attitude problems, or some combination thereof. Eventually, player's salaries will rise and teams will have less cap space to work with, but in the short run, don't expect free agency to be rich with young and talented cap casualties.

In my estimation, the dearth of free agents will force the front office to do one of two things: (1) to use more and more of its picks to trade for players; or (2) to rely more heavily upon the draft to fill its roster.