Comments on: The Task Of Improving Josh Freeman

By: SteveK

SteveK — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:15:24 +0000

Bring back 2010 Freeman, that my friends’, is an NFL Quarter back.

By: Mr Lucky

Mr Lucky — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:14:13 +0000

All the love for Freeman won’t make his accuracy any better

nor will it improve his inability to check down receivers

nor will it help Josh to stop staring down receivers

Alas 2013 looks a lot like 2012; Hopefully the defense will improve and win games because I’m not counting on MJ Freeman to get the job done.

By: PRBucFan

PRBucFan — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:29:45 +0000

Jebus you people don’t realize it’s not about ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE TEAM.

This is about Freeman and his issues at his position!!!

Yes, there are times when he shows flashes BUT that does not offset the things he does wrong which is ALOT and it is very very worrisome. There are things an NFL QB should be able to do and handle that Freeman still struggles with and that is scary. I mean come on now it’s the NFL and you abandon all sense of sustaining a drive the moment you feel or in his case sometimes THINKS he feels pressure? This is the NFL I am sorry to say it but even with the best offensive lines in the world there will always be pressure!!! To have a QB that crumbles under pressure is a bad bad thing. Being unable to make correct reads or to use his eyes to command the field or adapt according to what the defense gives him in the moment, not to mention his SCARY tendency to go from superbly accurate to missing 5 yard dump offs??? Missing wide open receivers by 5 yards at times??? These are all things that can really really ruin an offense and his future as a QB if he cannot fix them. It’s very worrisome.

Yes, there are other areas that need addressing and that is undeniable but right now we are discussing the issues we have at the most important position on our team. Our QB. I am not proposing the solution to find “the right guy” be an easy one but sense when has it ever been??? Just because you don’t have an obvious solution for a problem doesn’t mean that you ignore till one pops up lol.
No, the longer we continue with “the wrong guy” the longer it will take for us to find “the right guy” because we aren’t looking for him.

I believe Freeman should get one more season to prove that he can do it,
but it’s now or never man. I am not asking him to elite, that would be nice of course but all I want to see is one full season of “Consistency” even if its just consistently average it’s better than a couple game of greatness and a couple games of the worst QB’ing known to the history of man. I sincerely hope somehow that a switch goes off this season and he’s able to leave all these things behind him, I just really don’t believe that will happen.

Prove me wrong Josh, I would absolutely, honestly, love it if I was wrong in this.

Let’s hope that’s the case this season.

By: BucNasty!!

BucNasty!! — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:58:52 +0000

@scubog …. I like ya take man u got some knowledge goin on up there I like to read unbiased based comments on free an I think alot of ppl then sailed his ship already so he never really gets a fair shake on this site. How do I throw for 4k yards an still take the blame when games like the redskins an Atlanta of the defense makes the pick n te fourth quater when it hits there hands (Danny gorrer) not to mention we was leading at the time those would b victories ctfu an don’t tell me that giants game was his fault he had a slow first half but did enough to take the lead by 11 points wot 4 mins left n the game am fans still find a way to take that blame off the secondary(mainly ronde & coach blitzes) an make it free’s hahahahaha BUC4LIFE SAIL WIT US OR WALK THE PLANK!!!

By: BucNasty!!

BucNasty!! — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:53:39 +0000

An the difference between free an all the other qb’s who or y’all drooling like Joe over rachael Watson is the fact that allllll those teams ether had a good deffense or played good defense we r te only team who had half a defense stop the run but give up 300 yds a game an five up career highs to Blaine GABBERT an Nick Foles but ppl forget about that. As a mater of fact I’m sure that josh’s fault to they racked up so much yds let me guess cuz he didn’t sustain drives long enough hahahahahahaha(sarcasim)

By: 4everBucsFan

4everBucsFan — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:18:32 +0000

I think after this season Josh and his agents will destroy the top end of our salary cap once we pay him elite type money. Just like Joe Flacco. All the team needs to do is win. If the defense had played better, even with the two stinkers by Josh, he’d be demanding a huge salary bump this year.

When you look at the way the salary cap works, and know that all teams must spend 89% of the cap, I can see that in the future, the teams who pay elite money to their QBs, will be strapped for money and will have a weaker supporting staff, that will find it harder to win. The teams who are paying less to their QBs but have the money to pay out higher salaries for a better supporting cast, will win more often, even though they will be disadvantaged at QB.

The perfect examples are this years Super Bowl teams. Flacco was cheap, and that allowed more money to be spent on other players. Same goes for the 49ers. Now, that Flacco is demanding 16 to 20 mil, the team is in cap hell for this year. So in order to pay Flacco what he wants the team has to dump a lot of their expensive supporting veterans. The chances of the Ravens making it back to the Super Bowl again this year is a fantasy. Unlike the 49ers who can only get better because their QB isn’t costing the team 1/6 of the salary cap.

By: bucfanjeff

bucfanjeff — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:28:57 +0000

“Freeman’s inaccuracies and inconsistencies all but Pearl Harbored the Bucs chances of playing in January”

Isn’t the goal to start fast in the NFL? How did the defense hold up this season, particular in the beginning?

While QB inconsistencies don’t help, the “Pearl Harboring” wasn’t all on him.

By: Quickdraw

Quickdraw — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:00:56 +0000

Please take a few min and look at Josh in games. After the snap he starres down his reciever and if the guy can out physical the defender he makes the play. Josh does not look off coverage. This is not a system issue. It says a lot for our recievers that with Josh tipping his hand they can still manage to make plays.

By: Mr Lucky

Mr Lucky — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:46:32 +0000

While I’m at it Tebow is not as accurate as Freeman BUT he’d be able to run the “pistol” like the 49ers did with Kapernick. In addition Tim CAN throw the ball down the field pretty well and with V-Jackson and D Clark I’ll wager that Tebow’s passing rate would be much better than it was in Denver.

By: Mr Lucky

Mr Lucky — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:44:06 +0000

@PRBucFan

Sure Josh is only 25 but for the past 2 seasons he has looked hideous. In 2011 it was the 10 game losing streak and in 2012 it was a 4 game losing streak.

What makes the losing streak in 2012 even more unpalatable is that during the losing streak Josh does his MJ cover/story for ESPN. Sorry but that’s unacceptable to do DURING the football season. After the season no problemo.

I still think it’s time to get Fitzpatrick into town (if he can be had for a reasonable fee) and yes I know its now popular but sign Tim Tebow to come in here as well. If nothing else Freeman will have the opportunity to see how a truely motivated professional conducts himself.

Say what you want about Tebow but his winning percentage is better than Freeman’s PLUS Tebow knows how to win the big games while Josh knows how to sit on the sofa when it comes to the playoffs

By: PRBucFan

PRBucFan — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:42:41 +0000

Superhero? One-man force? Whipping boy?

Negative GhostRider more like “Consistent” at his position

By: scubog

scubog — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:33:09 +0000

As usual, fans expect the QB to be a superhero. A one-man force to help the weak defeat the strong. Forget the rest of the 53 man roster. Out of the 16 games, I saw 12 games in which Freeman’s play was good enough to win, 2 games where his play was less than necessary and 2 games that were horrid. Perhaps if the defense could have stopped the opponent on occasion the “team” would have had more victories. Seems some of you people always have to have a whipping boy.