Comments on: Josh Freeman Must Be Disciplined

By: Mr Lucky

Mr Lucky — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:59:00 +0000

Joe wrote: “Of all the things wrong with the Bucs last year, righting Freeman may be the most important task of the New Schiano Order.”

I would change that to read, “…righting Freeman IS the most important task of the New Shiano Order.”

Let’s be honest in 2010 Freeman won several games for the Bucs because the opposing teams were facing an unknown QB and confidence breeds confidence. In 2011 opposing teams had plenty of tape on Josh and knew how to get into his face and head. In addition failure breeds failure. Top that off with a teamful of poor attitude and 4-12 is the result.

Freeman is not going to be a Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Drew Brees. Without a running game to support him the play action that Joe wrote about will be as effective as last year.

Hopefully most of last year’s problems can be laid at OC feet as well as the defense being porous resulting in the Bucs playing catch-up ball. I don’t believe that Josh Freeman will ever return to the 2010 stats but then again I don’t see Freeman being as bad as his 2011 form either.

By: BucFan20

BucFan20 — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:53:33 +0000

Try to blame it on Winslow as usual. I think if it was Winslow Jaws would have said Freeman tied to force it to Winslow when he tried to make throws that were not there.

I have said it before . Idiot has a brain of his own. Nobody put a GUN to his head to make him throw to anyone. HE made BAD decisions. He was the one with the gun and he pulled the trigger when he should have not have. This is how many outsiders that have looked a Freeman and said the same things? Poor machanics,bad decisions etc…

By: stevek

stevek — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:06:24 +0000

Big year for Freeman.

I think he will thrive this year and make the leap to 2nd best QB in NFCS (behind Breesus).

By: Chris@Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa

Chris@Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:09:44 +0000

That’s right, Freeman threw the ball. Freeman needs to learn to do a Nancy Reagan, and “Just Say No”

By: Have A Nice Day

Have A Nice Day — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:56:04 +0000

“So Freeman “tried to make too many throws that were not there,” eh? Smells to Joe like Kellen Winslow, no?”

No. Freeman threw the ball, not Winslow.

By: T in Orlando

T in Orlando — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:32:54 +0000

I keep saying (and this is my opinion, not fact) that the primary reason that Freeman faltered last year was that he tried to do too much to get the team win, opposed to playing within the system (granted, the system wasn’t working too well anyways, so I can’t blame him for trying). I think that extends beyond the football field and also into the classroom and game prep. If Rah was fast and loose with his coaching style, odds are Olson and Van Pelt were as well, which leads me to think that Freeman wasn’t provided much guidance off the field, and again, tried to break everything down himself, which no 3rd year QB can do perfectly on their own. They need at least one other set of trained eyes looking at what they’re looking at, and making sure they’re seeing the right thing.

If I were a betting man, I would wager that Freeman will in fact turn things around this year, finishing with at least a 3:2 TD:INT Ratio, and 3-5 4th quarter comebacks. Granted the team may not have more than 6 wins total, but I don’t think that will fall on Freeman’s shoulders (even Peyton Manning lost a lot of games with scores like 31-35).