Josh Johnson

by aaronblumie on Aug 15, 2011 1:19 PM EDT

Freeman is good, but WOW! How fast is JJ? It looked liked the Chief's were junior varsity... together with those a dropped passes including a TD pass, I thought JJ looked great on Friday. He has come a long way! I like watching him play... The Bucs are going to have to pay him a ton of cash to stay next year when he is a free agent to keep him... It seems like there are a lot of not so great 1st stringers that other teams have in place... Houston, Seattle, Miami, Oakland, SF... Good luck JJ.

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I would like to see Johnson in MIA

I’m not saying he would take MIA to the superbowl or anything but with his skill set it would be fun to watch him with Bush and Marshall would be a fast paced Offense ( I’m assuming that if he were a dolphin he would take Henne’s job in a week)
also you forgot about Schaub in Houston
I know Johnson is from Oakland and woud love to play for the Raiders but I don’t see him unseating Jason Campbell for starter there

by ShiftyShayne on Aug 15, 2011 1:33 PM EDT reply actions

Might be worth trading JJ soon if he continues to look good

He’s going to walk after this year anyway, might be worth getting some value out of him now. I’d have serious concerns about backup QB if we did trade him though, so there’s also a good argument to hold on to him. Either way though he’s gone after this year, so we’re going to have to face the backup QB issue sooner or later.

by aakks on Aug 15, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I doubt anyone's willing to give up much for him

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by Sander on Aug 15, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed

I would rather have him play out the season with us and walk then trade him now for an extra 6th or 7th round pick more value in having him stay for abit longer

by ShiftyShayne on Aug 15, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

That's how I feel now too.

Unless we could get a 4th for him (doubtful), I think we may as well stick with him as our primary backup this season.

by GameManager on Aug 15, 2011 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

A couple more good preseason games

And some terrible performances elsewhere (Seattle? Miami?) and that might change.

by aakks on Aug 15, 2011 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Houston's set with Schaub.

MIA and SF appear to be in the market for a QB but probably don’t want to trade away a pick to get one. Seattle appears to be rolling the dice with T-Jack/CBJ and Oakland seems happy with Campbell for now. I doubt we’d get anything more than a 6th for JJ which IMO, isn’t worth it.

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by Enforcer on Aug 15, 2011 8:05 PM EDT reply actions

I predict that we trade JJ

B4 the start of the Season, even if he just cont. to do what he did in the first game because someone’s QB is bound to get hurt; Also if we get anything more than a 3rd i’d be happy

by shadowchicken on Aug 16, 2011 2:51 AM EDT reply actions

3rd or 4th rd pick - trade him

anything beyond a 4th round pick you keep him

by Carlitin1988 on Aug 16, 2011 7:43 AM EDT reply actions

No one is going to give that up for him

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by Sander on Aug 16, 2011 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions

you never know, its unlikely but you never know how stupid of a decision a team is going to make. and if he REALLY looks as sharp as some say he does then its not that unlikely that we get a 4th rd pick for him

by Carlitin1988 on Aug 16, 2011 8:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Agreed

Nobody would trade that for JJ. Baltimore just gave up a 4th Rounder for Lee Evans. He a quality STARTER in this league. JJ is a decent backup at best.

by Tiny iZ Boss on Aug 16, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

If anyone takes him next year, it will be Miami...

They are looking for any reason to be rid of Chad Henne it seems. They do run spread under Sparano and that would be the system that he could thrive under.

On the other hand, maybe he’ll just join his cousin, Marshawn Lynch, in Seattle.

by Tiny iZ Boss on Aug 16, 2011 1:53 PM EDT reply actions

He sure looked great taking those sacks and playing against third stringers.

He still panics under pressure, I would be happy with a 7th round pick for him.

I'm not negative, I'm just telling you how it is.

by bucnut1 on Aug 16, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

There will be no trade

JJ will be the backup for the Bucs this year, and will find a new team with a chance to start next year. But, don’t be discouraged, we won’t get “nothing” for him if he walks. In the 2013 draft we’ll get a compensatory pick that will probably be equal to anything we’d get in trade for him, maybe more. If the best we could get is a 5th through 7th, I’m sure we’ll get something like that as a compensatory pick. If he happens to earn a starting gig somewhere and does pretty well, we could end up with a 3rd round pick, which is more than we probably would have gotten in trade.

by Bruce McRae on Aug 18, 2011 12:58 AM EDT reply actions

really i had no idea it could work out like that

theres so many rules and twists now with FA that you have to have a law degree to understand the NFL

by ShiftyShayne on Aug 18, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Just saying...

There is not a back-up that is better… Maybe Vince Young, but given the reps in practice and in games I think JJ would quickly outshine him as well. JJ has had to scrap for all of his playing time… When he started in 2009 he was a plug until Freeman was ready after the bye week… No spring or fall reps with the team and seriously had nobody playing around him. they were down by three touchdowns by the second quarter and defenses got to tee up playing against him. My guess is that if JJ got the reps and prep time with the 1st stringers he would be a very effective and lethal starting QB in the league. He has gotta be the fastest QB in the league, seems to be very articulate and smart, and has a solid arm. JJ is going to make some money next year. Good for him!

by aaronblumie on Aug 20, 2011 10:51 PM EDT reply actions