Comments on: QB coach: Josh Freeman has “burning desire” to improve

By: benchwarmer69

benchwarmer69 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:00:16 +0000

Freeman is going to play great this season baring injury.

I look at it this way, Freeman has pretty much carried team(s) on his back and done well for himself. He pretty much proved it in his first full year in the NFL that he can indeed sling the pigskin. What exactly do we think he can do with a good/average staff? Far better imo.

Now, having some major help (pro-bowl level guard Nicks and the phenom VJ), combined with a no-nonsense headcoach/staff, I honestly don’t believe Tampa fans will see the same play as last season.

A superbowl may be too much to ask for right away, but the team IS on the right track, and should have the ability to produce a 10+ win season with all the new weapons at their disposal.

I blame last seasons failures on Olson’s lack of gameplaning, and Rah’s inability to process-gametime decisions. The “babying” of players was also an issue.

ALL of these issues are fixed to some extent with the hiring of Schiano and his staff.

By: rajbais

rajbais — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:39:24 +0000

@scubasteve4930

Yes, a real college coach.

22 INT vs. 16 TD is unacceptable no matter where you play!!!

Are turnovers an underrated offensive art???

Apparently, it’s only when Brett Favre, Daunte Culpepper, and Josh Freeman do so.

By: njbucsfan

njbucsfan — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:47:58 +0000

It’s going to be an exciting year to be a Buc fan.

By: scubasteve4930

scubasteve4930 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:37:31 +0000

@rajbias

Please dont even begin to compare sanchez to freeman. If the jets had freeman under center, you would of been to 2 superbowls by now. Finally the Bucs have some coaching and veteran pieces on the team…now watch freeman do work!!!

By: ernie ernie

ernie ernie — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:21:58 +0000

Guys like him want to be able to run when in trouble and pass when not. The problem with that is, you never get great at either. The passing game suffers as wide outs get tired of seeing the QB run when they are wide open and defensement get tired of pass blocking only to see the QB try to go around end and get tackled.
I’ll give Cam his due for being able to both well last year, but defenses learn quickly and he will not be as effective this year.
I’d like to see him concentrate on the passing and let the running backs do the running.

By: tombrookshire

tombrookshire — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:21:08 +0000

Bucs may be the surprise of 2012 like the Niners were in ’11.

By: vidae1

vidae1 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:46:23 +0000

I believe they call that “burning desire” herpes, and I don’t doubt it seeing as he went to Kansas State.

By: milkmandanimal

milkmandanimal — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:16:35 +0000

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Freeman was one of the only players on that team last year who was actually trying at the end of the season. The offensive line was asleep, the WRs were jogging through routes, and there wasn’t a back anywhere near the field who could pick up a blitz. That team was completely listless, uninterested, and lazy at the end of the year, except Freeman kept actually trying to do something. Yeah, lots of picks, but loads of those were forced balls with the team down 20 with him actually trying to do ANYTHING to catch up.

The kid’s always been a hard worker, and he just “feels” like a leader, for whatever that’s worth. As a Bucs fan, I’m still pretty optimistic about him as QB of the future, largely because the infusion of talent on offense this year should mean he actually has (A) people to throw to and (B) time to throw. VJ, Nicks, and Doug Martin should be huge this year.

Freeman spent the offseason prior to his second year (the excellent 2010 season) hanging out at the Bucs facility, working out and watching film. He’s always been dedicated; looking forward to seeing what that leads to this year.

By: rajbais

rajbais — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:04:53 +0000

The guy better because his TD-INT ratio and win-loss record should make him more frowned upon than Mark Sanchez!!!

The only reason why Mark Sanchez looks like someone that people want run out of town is because of the NY Daily News quotes from the teammates that don’t like him as their quarterback.

I like Manish Mehta and as an Indian guy I am proud that he represents our nationality well as a sports journalist, but his story was arguably the start of Sanchez’s potential downfall in New York.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are truly the most seldom in media criticisms among all NFL teams.

Just because it’s not “interesting” or “gossip worthy” team anymore it doesn’t mean that the team deserves to be unscathed of scrutiny.

This is true. You deserve scrutiny when Greg Schiano as a college coach coming into the pros is arguably the least accomplished one. You also deserve it when your quarterback performs as poorly as he did and when Aqib Talib deserves criticism for the way he’s conducted himself in the public eye.

By: buccaneerz78

buccaneerz78 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:52:00 +0000

Step 2 .. Get rid of tight end that 10 int’s were bounced off his hands and into opposing teams..

By: jenniferxxx

jenniferxxx — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:30:15 +0000

Step 1 … stop throwing all those ‘check down’ passes.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:24:39 +0000

I’m not a Bucs fan, but this is the kind of attitude you want in your QB. He was badly coached and the whole atmosphere sounded negative, which was reflected in their record. A fresh start will do him and the Bucs good.

By: houseofbacon

houseofbacon — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:24:10 +0000

Don’t forget signing one of the best O-linemen in the NFL to help him out, giving him probably the best guard tandem in the league in front of him, with Nicks and Joseph.

By: baddorange

baddorange — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:21:31 +0000

If VJ has a similar desire and Williams is done sulking, lets go. getting rid of Winslow, was a great move