Genaro Resendiz's blog ::Mike Freeman's 15 Big-Time NFL Predictions Sure to Go Right
If the quarterback of your favorite football team just broken the franchise record for touchdown passes and passing yards in a season, chances are you would be pretty pleased with the direction your team was heading. However, for Josh Freeman and Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans, that is not necessarily the case as the book closes on the 2012 season. Freeman was drafted 17th overall in the 2009 draft, though he was admittedly viewed as a very raw prospect. He could easily throw the ball 60 yards in the air, but his decision making abilities and accuracy were questionable. Flash forward to 2013, and statistically, Josh Freeman just finished the best season any Buccaneer quarterback has ever had, throwing for 4,065 yards with 27 touchdown passes. You would think Bucs fans would be thrilled. Unfortunately, Freeman also threw 17 interceptions and only completed 54.8% of his passes; nine of those interceptions came in the team's final three games. Clearly there is still some cause for concern, and the fan base is not sold on Freeman as a savior. So who is the real Josh Freeman? Can he be a franchise quarterback? The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. Freeman was playing at a very high-and probably unsustainable-level during the middle of the season. In four straight games, he had three touchdown passes and a quarterback rating of over 100. Yet Freeman's last three games were the complete opposite as he easily played the worst football of the season. Many of the problems can be traced back to his offensive line, where only one of the five starters from the fall made it through the entire season without an injury or a change of position. The team lost not only Pro Bowl guard Davin Joseph to a season-ending injury before the season even started, but their other Pro Bowl guard, Carl Nicks, for half of the season as well. The loss of the dominant running game also hurt Freeman's productivity late in the season. Rookie sensation Doug Martin was averaging nearly five yards per carry before the offensive line suffered all the setbacks, causing his YPC drop to 3.7. Tampa also featured the worst pass defense in the NFL this season. As good as the offense could be at times, the defense could not stop anything resulting in a handful of shootouts. Higher scoring games and more pass attempts leave room for more mistakes and interceptions. Although Freeman's accuracy has always been a point of contention among fans and analysts, he will never be as accurate as Drew Brees. Yet Freeman does excel at throwing the deep ball, and the Buccaneers led the league this year on completion percentage of throws 20+ yards. Although Freeman struggles on the more intermediate throws, no one in the NFL was better at throwing deep. Some fans have been clamoring for a change at quarterback in the coming year or two due to Freeman's inadequacies. While the truth remains that he may not be a top ten quarterback, he is better than any other prospect in the upcoming NFL Draft and free agent pool. Of course, there should be some trepidation about extending Freeman; his rookie contract is set to expire at the end of next season, and he still has not led the team to playoffs. Josh Freeman deserves at least one more year to show what he can do with a healthy (and expensive) offensive line protecting him. Fans should be excited about these offensive playmakers and the fact that, at first glance, the 2013 schedule appears favorable for the Buccaneers. Did you ever expect to live in a world where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would have the ninth ranked offense in the entire NFL? Anything is possible. |
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