Tredrea, 30, was goalless after the opening two rounds, but has bagged 27 in six weeks to see him sit at the top of the AFL goalkicking.
Tredrea’s best appeared to be behind him after several injury-plagued seasons and he was offered only a one-year deal with the Power at the end of last year.
But the four-time All-Australian, who is only four goals-shy of eclipsing his 2008 total of 31 majors, says he’s feeling as good as ever.
“Footy changes quickly and who’s to say that I don’t injure myself and never play again? Fingers-crossed it doesn’t happen, but the reality is the last three years have been very tough mentally ... Physically, it’s been a battle to get back”, Tredrea said on Monday.
“I always believed I could do it, but now it’s a reality that I can consistently do it. It’s early in the season and things are heading in a positive direction, but if they offered me a five-year contract, I’d probably look at it.”
Tredrea emerged as the match-winner in Sunday’s thrilling three-point victory over Richmond.
The premiership skipper put the Power in front with his seventh goal in the dying minutes and then took a saving mark in defence with just eight seconds to play.
Tredrea said the combination of relinquishing the captaincy and having an uncertain future in the game is having a positive effect on his football.
“I always felt, years ago, that signing a one-year deal would play on your mind, but it’s actually taken the pressure off. You give everything you’ve got and if it’s good enough you survive and if it’s not, you don’t.
“It’s a great honour to be captain of a football club and especially ours. In saying that, I thought the time was right to pass it on and there has been a flow-on effect where I’ve just been able to concentrate on me and getting my body 100 per cent.
“Pre-game is no longer about thinking about what everyone else is doing and what’s happening. I sit there and watch The Wiggles and then go and play footy.”
Port Adelaide now sit comfortably in the eight with five wins from eight games, but Tredrea said September was still a long way off.
“We’re not playing consistently well enough to even consider that finals are on the agenda,” he said.
“We need to fix the areas that we’re deficient in. If we can do that and continue to win games at the rate we’ve been winning them at, then you can start to talk about finals.
