Vacation Man of BSPN.com has a weekly list of players who are rising in the NFC South and players who are falling.

Only one Bucs player make the list this week. And it’s the good list. Vacation Man has Freeman among the rising.

Josh Freeman, Buccaneers quarterback. Yeah, I know Tampa Bay lost to Atlanta, but it wasn’t the rookie quarterback’s fault. The kid is playing well and that’s giving a struggling franchise hope for the future.

As Joe has stated before, Freeman gives Bucs fans a reason to watch the rest of the season with interest.

Also, Vacation Man in the same link has a jab at defrocked Bucs defensive coordinator Jim Bates as he walks out the back door of One Buc Palace.