Comments on: Ranking Josh Freeman

By: eddy k0k0

eddy k0k0 — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:23:34 +0000

@ctord
But also remember that Big ben had an exceptional defense and a much more veteran group of team mates. The bucs are still young all around and Freeman often has had to put the team on his back. That’s a lot to ask for, especially from a quarterback learning on the go. However, what he experiences now will make him exceptional in the future.

By: buddah

buddah — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:15:40 +0000

Freeman is the best quarterback we’ve ever had in Tampa Bay–at least if you believe the numbers. He needs only four touchdown passes to break the single season record and will likely also break the record for yards passing in a season. So sure, let’s get rid of him. We need to be watching when he duplicates Doug Williams Super Bowl MPV in a few years, while toiling for some other team.

By: Pete Dutcher

Pete Dutcher — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:36:25 +0000

FLBoyInDallas,

Here’s what I think…I believe it is a good thing that Freeman was drafted so young. Otherwise Greg Olson might have destroyed him. Thankfully, at only 24 he is still young enough to become great under the right coaching. His gameplay has improved in leaps and bounds this year.

Even if you look back to 2010, his best play was in panic mode. This year he is cool even when things don’t go right. The offensive line stripped him of some great gains in the last game because of penalties. Dotson kept costing big time.

The delemma is that Freeman needs a line he can trust, and he won’t have that until next year due to injuries. My concern is that Freeman could get injured because of the awful oline play. So I guess its better for them to get holding penalties than to let Freeman get hammered at times.

If the Bucs had an offense like this during 2000-2010 we would have had multiple Superbowl trips. Freeman is the best QB this team has ever had…better even than Doug Williams (much better in my book). He is only a year or so from full maturity under Sully. The Bucs need to be sure Sully stays..which won’t be hard because teams will not offer him an HC position this year…regardless of how local media tries to stir things up.

I look forward big time to next year…but I also look forward to our remaining games this year. At least the games are worth watching. Last year was HARD.

By: DaMayan

DaMayan — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:21:19 +0000

Yup Free is really bad at looking at the other side of the field. That is something he should work on.

I havent played madden in ages but there was this one year when they introduced the vision-cone. You had to work it like Brady to be succesfull, look at one receiver knowing that he’s not the target then quickly switch to the real target before throwing. If you know the routes it should be posible to learn doing that.

By: Jworthy

Jworthy — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:05:33 +0000

In the Dallas game the color commentator (think it was aikman) said it was well known across the league that Freeman only looks at one side of the field. So in the game he pointed out how Rob Ryan taught his safety to stick with the side free looked to first. It allows safeties to take chances. Last night I heard Tom Brady quoted as saying “the place I look first is the one place you can rule out.”

Just another difference between elite and not elite. you either have field vision or you don’t. It’s not necessarily something that develops in a lot of guys. It hasn’t with Josh. My fear is we will be mired in mediocrity.

By: menofear

menofear — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:53:34 +0000

Dilfer couldn’t complete the long Bomb as freeman did…..Alvin harper is ur #1 wr….Dilfer was set up to be failure since we drafted him….lucky him that Raven picked him up and won SB.

By: sharkcoasttactical.com

sharkcoasttactical.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:51:57 +0000

Dilfer with a fro ….o my jesus thats funny

By: Stick

Stick — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:44:47 +0000

Can’t believe I just wasted my time reading all this crap.

Freeman is an average to slightly above average quarterback with elite talent. But he’ll only get so much time here to show it. Joe writing about that is not a crime against humanity people. It’s reality.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:01:04 +0000

I strongly disagree with those who thinks Josh stinks, he is a good quarterback. To be a great QB he has some developing to do. He is a much better passer in the shotgun, when he has more time to look over the defense he makes better reads. He does need to work on moving around the pocket better. He throws a beautiful ball, just isn’t very accurate, especially on the medium throws. I would love to see him completing 65% of his throws. 57% is below mediocre in the NFL and what is his pct. on 3rd down. Love his downfield throws, love his jump all throws, like his crossing route throws. He just needs to develop a faster read and recognition of the defenses.

By: crazy

crazy — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:08:30 +0000

He does fine until his mechanics break down.

By: Have A Nice Day

Have A Nice Day — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:56:08 +0000

On pace for 4,004 Yards – 31 Tds – 11 Ints…. Yep, he clearly sucks and is the obvious reason we are losing.

By: BucFan20

BucFan20 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:52:06 +0000

@McBuc.
I am not either. Yes Doug is the other. In fact I have seen Garcia pull out games like this. When they were beating hell out of him.But So far from what I have seen when Freeman is under physical pressure he gets rattled overthrows, underthrows, throws behind and throws picks. Many balls should have been picked yesturday. 1 was but luck got called back. Until he shows he can do things against good teams my opinion stands. When he has all day he is good. But alot of his passes are acrobatic catches by receivers too. So don’t for get those.