Joe is starting to believe all of this Josh Freeman talk coming from One Buc Palace is simply a bad ruse.

Joe has already stated all this Josh Freeman talk coming out of One Buc Palace may be nothing more than a smoke screen by the Bucs.

Part of this is pure wishful thinking from Joe. But rarely do NFL teams without the first pick in the draft openly gush about a player like the Bucs are drooling over Freeman, who can’t even complete 60 percent of his passes in a horrid defensive conference.

Seems as though BSPN’s Vacation Man, aka Pat Yasinskis, isn’t slurping the hype either.

As I said last week, I think defensive end and defensive tackle are possibilities. There also is a lot of speculation about the Bucs possibly taking quarterback Josh Freeman in the first round.

Since there’s still a lot of time until the draft and speculation is going to keep swirling.

In keeping their draft plans confidential, most NFL teams are more paranoid than Richard Nixon would have been in a roomful of Ivy League leftists. So all this talk of Freeman is starting to convince Joe this is a bad attempt at a diversionary tactic.

Joe hopes this is what is going on.