2nd look at Freeman & Bucs big day on offense

First, Pewter Reports and ProFootballReference numbers are off. PFR has DeBerg with 365 yards passing.

What else do all of those other games have in common?

All of those quarterbacks completed 60%+ of their passes in that game. Josh Freeman? 51%. Yards per Game don’t mean anything other than that we threw it 44 times and called 49 pass plays.

DeBerg 32 passes (60%)
Testeverde – 42 passes (60%)
Testeverde – 39 Passes (60%) – Again PFR has his numbers at 336 Yards. Signifigantly lower than PR.
Williams – 50 Passes (55%) 2 INT (the most on this list other than Freeman) – Still a Yard Per Attempt higher than Freemans.

Try to be objective. He’s not special and he’s not brilliant. He’s a rookie making rookie mistakes in a system that forces him to throw the ball far too often. Could he be special? Sure, and I hope he is. Just asking you to take off your fan goggles for a minute. More to come on Josh Freemans numbers and some perspective.

1) its not QB yardage, its TOTAL OFFENSE yardage.
2) The point of the post, is those quarterbacks were pretty good quarterbacks, and Josh Freeman is in the list with them.
I personally think he will be a good quarterback too.

There are a LOT of people both fans and professionals in the football industry who disagree with you. He is special, as he is quite different from any other quarterback we have ever had.

Im being very objective, I will tell you if someone stinks. Id love for Michael Clayton to be a good receiver. Clayton stinks. Gaines Adams was terrible. I was not in his corner either. If I think a player is great, I will say so. Im basing it on every past Bucs quarterback that has done what he is doing. I have never seen anyone take over the position the way he has as a rookie. If he turns out to be a bust, Ill be one of the first ones to say it. But I dont see that happening.

There are people who think Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, John Elway and Jim Kelly are over-rated. For whatever reason, there will always be someone who takes the negative point of view.

I think people should chill on Freeman. Is he going to be great (or good) or bad is still way to soon to be seen. I think David Carr would have been a good quarterback if he wasn’t sacked 20 times a game and became gun shy. Lets just wait for the end of the year and then we can see what the kid has. Does he look good so far??? Hell yeah and it is easy to get excited. I am one of those people and I want to get a jersey with a #% on it, but I am also waiting.

BTW do you think that maybe they are throwing a lot because they have too much confidence in Freeman? I heard from a couple of people that they are throwing a lot because they want to develop him faster. Hmmmmmmm I don’t agree but what do I know? Yes I know not much anyway I would love to see Freeman get better every game and we lose so we can get that #1 pick….SUH???