I’m not really known for my affection for anything in the Bucs nation. Whereas I’m not quite as passionate as I once was about my hate for all things pirate I still could never be described as pro-Bucs that being said, there is no reason to not be pro-Josh Freeman. I’ve been with Freeman since day one and even used him as a pawn saying “if the Bucs don’t get Freeman it will be a full on eff you to the fans proving the glazers have NO desire to win.” I still don’t think the Glazers have any desire to win but god bless whoever made the decision to bring him to Tampa happen. The best way I can express how good I think this kid is and how great I think he will be soon by simply saying he’s the next Steve McNair. When you really break it down though, what I think doesn’t mean much but when you hear the things the Bucs players are saying that’s what is really perking my ears up. Now it’s normal to present a united front especially when it comes to quarterbacks. You hear a lot of “he’s our guy and we know he can win it for us” but you would think he had the cure for cancer in his afro the way people are talking about him.
Kellen Winslow: "He's the dude. I'm not leaving him. If it's my decision, I'm never leaving him. I want to play with him until he retires. I wouldn't want to play with anybody else."
I’m relatively sure Winslow quoting the ending of titanic there. ….
Raheem Morris: "I'm fired up for Freeman, That's the type of leader we brought here and I had no doubt in my mind he would be doing that type of thing. It's not shocking to me. It's kind of expected from the standpoint of business as usual for that guy."
Granted Morris is known for overselling and borderline lying but I don’t doubt if they started giving out those imitation wigs like they used to do for Carlos Valderrama at mutiny games for freeman Morris would be the first in line to get one.
The person talking about Freeman that most impresses me is Josh Freeman.
Freeman: "I was hoping to put a good product on the field. Guys followed that. If I'm not playing good football or taking care of business, how can I be a leader? I just feel like it's my job as a quarterback to take care of business."
Whether I like to admit it or not because he’s the leader of the Bucs Freeman seems to be a great leader and an even better man. (I’m sure by the time you read this he’ll have punched a baby while on roxys in a taxi that he stole to make me regret saying that like all Bucs) The sky’s the limit for Freeman, now if we could only get him to shave off that afro so his brain stops overheating and he runs full speed in to his offensive linemen.
Quotes courtesy of: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82011c68/article/bucs-winslow-aims-to-play-with-leader-freeman-until-the-end?module=HP_headlines
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