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The seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end agreed to a two-year contract with the San Diego Chargers on Saturday that, with incentives, could be worth $13.35 million, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports.

Back in February, the seven-time Pro Bowler said that he would love to head east and play for the G-Men. "Playing in New York would be attractive," Freeney told SiriusXM Radio at the time.

Football Outsiders is doing a league-wide series of posts called "Red Flags," which take a look at the biggest remaining issue facing each team.

The NFL offseason is all but over. The flurry of activity in free agency has slowed to a crawl, and the draft is getting smaller in the rearview mirror.

As training camp rosters are finalized, an unmatched optimism protrudes into the air for all 32 teams.

The Falcons haven't always drafted well, and not every signing has been a brilliant one.

In the seemingly quiet period of the NFL, you know that period of time between the NFL Draft and the remaining free agent signings, one is left to shape their teams from pure, unadulterated fandom and speculation.

Thomas Dimitroff dropped breadcrumbs for weeks before the NFL draft. The Falcons general manager hinted that a first-round trade was coming, and he didn't disappoint, swapping Atlanta's 30th overall pick and a third- and sixth-rounder with the St.

The Atlanta Falcons were a few plays away from reaching the Super Bowl last season - well, technically, they got lucky as hell to beat the Seahawks the round prior - and have identified a key weakness they'd like to remedy for 2013: Stopping the read option.

While many fans enjoy following the NFL offseason because of the hope and optimism that it often generates for the coming year, the free-agency period and the draft can be nerve-racking for veteran NFL players and their families.

Analysis: No one can accuse General Manager Thomas Dimitroff and Coach Mike Smith of standing pat after the Falcons' 13-win regular season in 2012 and Super Bowl near-miss, with a narrow loss to the 49ers in the NFC title game.

John Abraham is not interested in a return to the Falcons, according to reports.

In this series we'll take a look at the roster acquisitions made by the Saints' NFC South division rivals this off-season. Today we scout the Atlanta Falcons.

The coach said the first-year players survived the test during three practices at the rookie camp.

The Atlanta Falcons let go of John Abraham before the start of free agency. It might be time for their fans to finally let Abraham go.

The Falcons could have trolled the free-agent waters for a defensive back, as they did for a stopper on the defensive line.

The fourth-round pick from Clemson was one of two defensive ends taken by Atlanta.

Jen Floyd Engel, selected the top columnist in the 2012 Associated Press Sports Editors annual contest, had covered local sports for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram since 1997 and had become a columnist in 2003 before joining Fox Sports.

While the San Francisco 49ers were taking just about every big name available, Dimitroff drafted a heap of under-the-radar prospects.

Let's have a little fun and look back at the latter stages of the NFL draft. I'm going to pick one player from each team who was drafted after the third round that might end up getting significant playing time as a rookie.