Comments on: Freeman Had An Eli-like Day

By: princespanky

princespanky — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:14:56 +0000

With all due respect I am starting to hate the comparisons.

I hope Freeman plays like Josh Freeman. His style is different then any of those QB’s and I hope he can make a nice legacy for himself.

We all know it will make a difference in the amount of rings passing through Tampa anytime soon.

By: terry4505

terry4505 — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:04:01 +0000

Freeman is actually a lot like Joe Flacco. Not bad company that he is being compared to Eli Manning and Joe Flacco. He is clearly ahead of the development of Mark Sanchez and Matt Stafford (the two guys taken before him)

By: Yossarian

Yossarian — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:42:00 +0000

Freeman has been playing great, but his short passing game does need work. This isn’t much of a revelation. His long passing game is as good as anyone in the NFL. But he is not as accurate as he needs to be on the 5-10 yard pass plays. I would add that the WRs are playing great football and exploiting their size advantage against DBs. Freeman has been threading the needle on a lot of throws and his WRs have been making plays. On some teams, the WRs don’t have the hands or the size to make those plays.

By: terry4505

terry4505 — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:30:48 +0000

All of this talk got me thinking about where Freeman stands in the “Elite” QB discussion:

http://terrygilmoreshead.com/2012/11/19/what-is-elite/

By: Sergio

Sergio — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:21:52 +0000

@snook

i am also feel that we are not getting any respect on the football/sports networks. I believe that they hate that we are so successful.

On the nfl network, when the announcer was talking about our game, prior to the commerical, the other announcers said that he was on his own with explaining this game.

Also, the game announcer screaming “panthers win” on the Clark TD

Everyone wants us to suck and they can’t stand that we are so good.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:13:59 +0000

I’ve been comparing Freeman to Eli Manning for quite a while now. He’s similar in many ways

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:13:12 +0000

Tannehill played WR for 3 years at Texas A+M and then switched to QB as a junior.

By: terry4505

terry4505 — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:54:21 +0000

I am as guilty as anyone about my frustrations with Josh Freeman, but I continually try to remind myself how Jets fans feel about Mark Sanchez and Lions fans feel about Matt Stafford right now.

Freeman was taken after both of them, and I would rather have #5 any day.

Look at Matt Ryan’s performance yesterday. Look at how Eli has played the last month. Hell, even Aaron Rogers and his discount double check have sucked this year.

Every team wants Tom Brady, the guy who goes out and throws for 300+ and 3 TDs every week, there just are not those guys. Every QB in the league is inconsistent in some way. Josh played his worst 3 quarters of the season yesterday (how many balls to Mike Williams were thrown to the ball boy on the sideline?) and yet somehow was able to manufacture those drives at the end of the game.

I keep saying to myself, “Terry, he is young. He is going to make mistakes. But who in the league would you rather have leading this team?”

Honest answer, and I know I am a homer, is not one person. I choose #5

By: Gus

Gus — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:53:30 +0000

I thought that was Brandon Weedon that played baseball. What’s going on here?

By: Sneedy16

Sneedy16 — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:38:30 +0000

Josh Freeman is young. He is younger than: Sam Bradford, Andy Dalton, Christian Ponder, Matthew Stafford, and Jake Locker. He is just months older than: Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, Cam Newton, and Blaine Gabbert. It’s just that he has been the league for a while so it seems like he is old.

By: Big Rob

Big Rob — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:24:32 +0000

Didn’t Tannehill go play baseball out of high school or something?

By: Ian's Gay Lisp & Ron's Drinking Problem

Ian's Gay Lisp & Ron's Drinking Problem — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:14:11 +0000

Peter King is a Toad