Josh Freeman Can Be Found In Group C
June 13th, 2011
Joe’s a Pat Kirwan kinda guy. Whether listening to him with co-host Tim Ryan heard exclusively on SiriusXM NFL Radio or reading his work on NFL.com, Joe stops what he is doing and pays attention.
(Joe decided to drop some cash this weekend and buy Kirwan’s book “Take Your Eye Off The Ball.” Joe was hooked by the time he finished page three of the introduction. It’s that good. Really good Father’s Day present. In the third chapter, Joe learned Kirwan was once an advance scout for the Bucs.)
Joe knows that Kirwan hates lists. Once in a while, a caller will ask Kirwan to list the best players at a position and Kirwan will explain why he hates lists.
But Kirwan likes groups. Joe heard Kirwan state this a month or so ago but he finally got around to putting fingertips to keyboard and detail his top groups of NFL quarterbacks.
Kirwan has Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman in Group C.
3. Josh Freeman, Buccaneers: A rising star who reminds me of a young Warren Moon. Cool under pressure with a big arm. He led his team to 10 wins in his first full season as a starter.
Kirwan has Freeman in the same group as Sam Bradford, Joe Flacco, Carson Palmer and Matt Schaub.
Personally, Joe finds Palmer to be way overrated. It’s been years since Palmer was a legitimate threat at quarterback. Schaub? Eh.
On the bright side, Freeman is rated by Kirwan higher than Jay Cutler and Mark Sanchez but lower than Tony Romo and Michael Vick.
What does this tell Joe? If Freeman would date Carrie Underwood and Jessica Simpson and marry a hottie blonde sports reporter, it will increase his quarterbacking reputation.
June 13th, 2011 at 8:39 am
Can’t really complain about his rankings. Josh will rise up pretty quickly after this season is over. I find it amusing that he hates lists but his groupings are basically a list anyway.
June 13th, 2011 at 8:44 am
Josh still has a lot to prove so i’m ok with his placement do it again this year and he should be in the top 8-10. Just my opinion of course.
June 13th, 2011 at 9:03 am
Freeman’s still young, but if he can further develop his leadership qualities and cool demeanor; the possibilities are endless. He has all the physical tools if he can keep his head on straight to be one of the best in the league.
June 13th, 2011 at 10:14 am
No wonder he hates lists, he has no idea how to make one.
Group A:
Manning, Brady, Brees
Group B:
Rivers, Rodgers, Rothliesberger
Group C:
includes Freeman, Vick, Eli Manning, Matt Ryan
Then Group D on down starts. this is a quick thing off the top of my head so I might have missed someone.
BUT…. no way Flacco, Palmer, Bradford or Schaub are in the same group as Freeman.
Bradford might be there next year.
Flacco SHOULD with the talent around him, but he is not.
Palmer has not been the same since getting rolled.
Schaub…. first great ( & healthy) regular season
June 13th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
bradford ahead of josh? Josh had rookie wideouts and Bradford has a top5 running back with the ability to catch out of the backfield. good joke the media sucks
June 13th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Achetti813:
Kirwan has the quarterbacks in alphabetical order. That written, Joe was WAY impressed with what Bradford did. Even with Jackson at running back, Bradford has absolute garbage receivers to throw to. You could make an argument Bradford had nobody to throw to.
For what Bradford did as a rookie, with no receivers to speak of, that’s damn impressive.
June 13th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Plus isn’t St. Louis’ O-line virtually non-existent?
June 13th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
I do have to give it up for Bradford Joe. But I think Freeman is better then Tony Romo, as far as a game winner goes. Tampa got a winner when they drafted Josh, and I admit I was not for the pick, at that time.