RENTON, Wash. -- An avid golfer, Dwight Freeney said he played a bunch of rounds over the last few months while he waited not-so-patiently for the right opportunity to continue his NFL career into its 16th season. He was only kidding when he said the call from the Seattle Seahawks came at the perfect time because his golf game had started to fall apart.
The actual reason: Freeney was getting close to giving up on the possibility of playing in 2017 and perhaps ever again.
"I was literally one week away," Freeney said. "I was like, 'If I don't get a call now, I can't go into that same gym and work out doing the same workout again.