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Trade

Patriots receive:
DE Paul Freeney (90 overall, 33 years old)

Steelers receive:
Patriots 2nd round pick (45th overall)

Steelers incur a $3.44 mil cap penalty to shed a $7.34 mil cap hit

Pats assume a $5.62 mil cap hit

The Pats just lost Hall of Famer Mathias Kiwanuka to retirement. They have perennially had a good-to-elite defense on the backs of a formidable DL. While Freeney is 33 (DL age worse than any other position) and is just an average pass rusher (6.3 sacks per season), he has started 141 games in his career, appears to be an above-average run defender, and is 90 overall, which is high enough to be able to take the incoming sharp aging regression.

The Steelers have cap issues and decided to sell high on Freeney and get a Top 50 draft pick.

Both parties demonstrated that they understood what each team was giving up and receiving, the financial impact, what both parties hoped to achieve, and I have faith that Freeney's history was in the conversation between the two.

This trade is now official.
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