Lionsgate has preemptively acquired Free Agents, a football-themed crime drama from The Intruder director Deon Taylor, the studio announced Friday morning. Taylor and Joe Bockol wrote the script, which finds a group of professional football players turning to crime to get back at the owners who are exploiting and under paying them. Lionsgate envisions a high-octane film in the vein of Heat and The Town, though it sounds a bit like "Ballers meets Hustlers" if you ask me. Taylor will produce with Roxanne Taylor under their Hidden Empire banner, and Brady Fujikawa will oversee the project on behalf …