Freeman Says Jets Brought New Blitzes
December 13th, 2009
The Bucs practiced all week for the Jets blitzes. Even Bucs rookie quarterback Josh Freeman claims they were ready.
Freeman even had gone on Sirius NFL radio earlier this week and stated the Jets had 163 different blitzes. And those blitzes were only used on third downs.
Well, the Jets now have a lot more. Freeman said on the Bucs radio network that the Jets and their head coach/defensive wizard Capt. Lou Albano threw the kitchen sink at him.
“They had blitz packages and different blitzes than they ever showed on tape,” Freeman said.
In short, what Freeman was saying was Albano devised various blitzes to confuse the rookie quarterback, who seems to be regressing rather than progressing.
“Got to give them credit,” Freeman said about the new blitzes the Jets came at the Bucs, and Freeman, with.
A lot of times today, the Bucs looked unprepared. Maybe it wasn’t just because they half-assed it in practice Friday, which Rich Gannon of CBS reported, and which Freeman confirmed.
December 13th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Today’s loss was a team loss. Freeman isn’t to blame for the what 10 rushing yards of offense. Add today to the reason why I hate the Jets.
December 13th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Josh don’t make excuses will you?
The best passes that Freeman made were to Jets players.
The 2nd INT was 5 feet behind Brian Kelly. Freeman’s pass were OFF most of the game and his receivers were running sloppy routes, not coming back, lollygagging across the field. Heck even Winslow looked like he didn’t want to get any grass stains on his uniform today.
I blame Olson for the crappy calls in the 1st half. The best part of the game, offensively, was the 3rd quarter and guess what they did – run the damn ball. BTW – Caddy need not come back next year; Mr. Twinkletoes needs to learn to HIT THE HOLES and that’s not his style.
Best run of the Day? Ernest Graham for 1 yard.
December 13th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
As much as I’d like to dump on Freeman, to be fair, the guy wasn’t really brought into an ideal situation. Ideally, you bring a guy in behind a proven veteran to show him the ropes and the little intricate things you learn as time passes. And, you usually bring him in with a H/C and O/C who know what they are doing. The guy has not had any of this since he’s been here. If he doesn’t get it soon, they probably will ruin whatever chance he had to be successful in the league.
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