I guess we should talk more football – yea? Josh Freeman
Josh Freeman wears #1 on his jersey and he was picked in the first round as the 17th pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I have to tell you that I don’t follow the NFL like I did at one time but back in my day, I’d love to have been moving to Tampa Bay to work. And, if my work included playing sports, I would have even been more excited.
So, what do we know about Freeman, we know he is a smart, instinctive field general who has spent most of his time at quarterback and has done quite an outstanding job there. He is considered to be accurate underneath and does a great job throwing receivers open, allowing them to run after the catch. He is supposedly really good and deciphering defenses and getting rid of the ball before he finds himself flat on his back.
So, what does he do wrong? Well, he is kind of short. I mean, if you call 6 feet short. For a quarterback it is a bit short in the NFL and supposedly he finds himself looking for throwing lanes with all the taller and bigger players around him. He played mostly from the shotgun at Missouri and has to learn to take snaps from the center. And, it’s possible he really doesn’t have an NFL caliber arm.
Now see, I don’t believe that he is as great as this says he is nor do I buy into the fact that he doesn’t have an NFL arm because, duh, why would they have taken him. All good things aside, if you are the quarterback and can’t throw well….what are you then??? A running back?
Looks pretty doggone good to me!!! Do looks matter in his profession?
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