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[moose40]

I agree with that, my concern is the mistakes happened in his third year, one so so rookie year, one good year, one bad year. the coaches were the same, so if it was bad planning, shouldn't it have shown up in Freeman's second year?

[jlr0714]

It can be a result of a multitude of factors.    There's no doubt that the receivers did not perform at the same level in 2011 that they did in 2010.   Other teams game planned better for Josh last year.  He also did not take advantage of his scrambling ability last year like he did in 2010...whether that was by his choice or because he was told not to run...we don't know.   There were several games where I saw running lanes available for him and he would throw the ball instead...I'm sure I'm not the only one that was screaming at him to run the darn ball.    It seemed like he felt the pressure to carry the team because we abandoned the running game so quickly...sometimes because we were so far behind so quickly...other times for no rational reason.    Does he need to take better care of the ball?  Hell yeah.   I'm betting no one knows that more than he does.   But the young man has a strong arm...he seems bright, good work ethic...competitive...I am optimistic about his future, and believe it would be a huge mistake for us to give up on him at this point.   Not sure what to expect this coming year....new coach, new system...so I think we have to give him 2-3 years before we can make a realistic assessment of whether he's the guy.   With all the needs we have this year, it would be foolish to give up additional picks to move up in the draft to take RG3..when there's no guarantee he's going to be successful in the NFL either.   

[moose40]

It can be a result of a multitude of factors.    There's no doubt that the receivers did not perform at the same level in 2011 that they did in 2010.   Other teams game planned better for Josh last year.  He also did not take advantage of his scrambling ability last year like he did in 2010...whether that was by his choice or because he was told not to run...we don't know.   There were several games where I saw running lanes available for him and he would throw the ball instead...I'm sure I'm not the only one that was screaming at him to run the darn ball.    It seemed like he felt the pressure to carry the team because we abandoned the running game so quickly...sometimes because we were so far behind so quickly...other times for no rational reason.    Does he need to take better care of the ball?  Hell yeah.   I'm betting no one knows that more than he does.   But the young man has a strong arm...he seems bright, good work ethic...competitive...I am optimistic about his future, and believe it would be a huge mistake for us to give up on him at this point.   Not sure what to expect this coming year....new coach, new system...so I think we have to give him 2-3 years before we can make a realistic assessment of whether he's the guy.   With all the needs we have this year, it would be foolish to give up additional picks to move up in the draft to take RG3..when there's no guarantee he's going to be successful in the NFL either.   

I hope his work ethic is still there, I believe I read a post not too long ago talking about Freeman's ego getting to him, and his work ethic wasn't as strong as it was. If true, that's a big red flag.

[sharp2325]

One thing Freeman definately has to do this coming season is run the dang ball if there is nothing there. He didn't do it last year enough. That was a huge difference between 2011 and 2010. It's almost like he was told to stay in the pocket or something. Thats what it looked like anyhow. I can't tell you how many times I was screaming at the tv saying RUNNNNNNNNNN!

[JavaRay]

good question

[caradoc]

Well one good thing about all these "elite" bumps is that it puts to rest the lie being claimed by the Freepologists that anyone who criticizes Josh has hated him all along. 

[danimal09]

Well one good thing about all these "elite" bumps is that it puts to rest the lie being claimed by the Freepologists that anyone who criticizes Josh has hated him all along.

Your right, they are just overreacting fan girls.

[JavaRay]

Your right, they are just overreacting fan girls.

Says the girliest boy on the forum.