Secondly, most of the pressure Freeman gets is a result of the fact that, as mobile as he is, is an absolute statue in the pocket. He is either standing completely still or he is trying to run the ball. He never slides in the pocket to either side, he rarely steps up, and doesn’t roll away from pressure nearly enough. The QBs that are great at avoiding pressure, Peyton and Brady, are extremely slow for the position but they know how to use their feet to buy another second or two. I am extremely disappointed in Freeman and his coaches for not making his pocket mobility more of a priority. As mobile and big as he is, if Freeman would start being more mobile in the pocket (like Manning and Brady), he would be an upper echelon QB.

As for drafting a LT after a costly move up….Wow, so off base with that one for a litany of reasons. #1 Penn is fine, Freeman has caused most pressures by holding onto the ball too long. #2 If a change would be made, the most likely and best scenario would be sending Penn to RT and Dotson to LT #3 OT is among the lowest needs on our priority list and finally #4 Dominik has already said he prefers to sign offensive linemen rather than invest high draft picks on them. So basically, it will never happen.

So you mean to tell me out of 422 ‘dropbacks’ by Freeman, Penn has surrendered just “3 sacks” yet he is the 60th ranked player at his position? Get out of here! That absoluely AMAZING given the countless number of ‘elite’ pass rushers he has faced so far week in and week out(JPP, Ware, Hali, Allen, Seymour, Abraham, Dumervil/Miller).

Penn will do just fine against Cole and anyone else who lines up across from him. Freeman has been recieving pressure up the middle and even from Dotson side but our oline has still surrenderd the 3rd fewest sacks in the league and thats missing pro bowl players.

Either get better throwing under pressure, or get better protection/scheme for quicker routes.

This is exactly what so many fans, myself included, were screaming about on Sunday and Monday after the Broncos game. Of course we all took heat from the dumb homers out there but who cares about those idiots. Anyway, it is painfully obvious that there are two Freemans on the Bucs: the Freeman who has plenty of time and space, and the Freeman who is under pressure. The difference between how those two Freemans play is like night and day. Or Jekyll and Hyde. Pick your opposites.

The only way the Bucs ever get to the next level and become a consistent contender year after year is if Freeman learns how to be great under pressure. Because right now he folds like a cheap suit whenever a defender gets near him. Whenever that happens Freeman throws the ball like someone blindfolded him and kicked him hard in the ass. Or like an old man with a twelve-gauge. Whatever the analogy, Freeman needs to improve and improve soon.

As far as trading up to get a left tackle we would have to give up a lot and it is down on our need chart. If we trade up I think it would be to get an impact pass-rusher. The draft is very deep at corner so we probably won’t trade up to do that. Dominik is a great GM, and we have a great scouting department though and with Schiano I think they will make good decisions. I mean the Bruce Allen GM era absolutely killed us, we have almost no impact players that he drafted (as evidenced by being one of the youngest teams in the NFL) and his free agent acquisitions were questionable as well. Building a good team takes time next year we need to get game changers on the defensive side of the ball.

Wow!

While there are bigger needs on defense, picking up an elite LT would make the offense No.1 in the league week in and out. The rest of the draft, ALL defense. From DT,CB and FS.