Waiting for Bucs to make it official on Freeman
October, 26, 2009
Oct 26
3:59
PM ET
Posted by ESPN.com’s Pat Yasinskas
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were scheduled to arrive back home Monday after their trip to London.
We won’t hear anything from coach Raheem Morris until he meets with the media Wednesday because the Bucs are off until then. But I think you can see from far away what’s going to come out of Morris.
He just about has to come out and say that rookie quarterback Josh Freeman will be the starter when the Bucs return from their bye and host Green Bay on Nov. 8. Does Morris really have any other choice?
I don’t think so. Veteran Byron Leftwich flopped early in the season. Josh Johnson took over and did some nice things from time to time, but it’s obvious he’s not a long-term starter. It’s also painfully obvious that, at 0-7, the Bucs need a spark of some sort.
I’m not saying definitively that Freeman will provide that spark or not. I don’t know if the guy is any good. But it’s clearly time for the Bucs to start finding out.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were scheduled to arrive back home Monday after their trip to London.
We won’t hear anything from coach Raheem Morris until he meets with the media Wednesday because the Bucs are off until then. But I think you can see from far away what’s going to come out of Morris.
He just about has to come out and say that rookie quarterback Josh Freeman will be the starter when the Bucs return from their bye and host Green Bay on Nov. 8. Does Morris really have any other choice?
I don’t think so. Veteran Byron Leftwich flopped early in the season. Josh Johnson took over and did some nice things from time to time, but it’s obvious he’s not a long-term starter. It’s also painfully obvious that, at 0-7, the Bucs need a spark of some sort.
I’m not saying definitively that Freeman will provide that spark or not. I don’t know if the guy is any good. But it’s clearly time for the Bucs to start finding out.
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Pat Yasinskas
Yasinskas joined ESPN.com in January 2008 after covering the Carolina Panthers for The Charlotte Observer for nine seasons. He began his journalism career with The Tampa Tribune in 1990.