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Freeman Comes Up Short In QB Evaluation

Posted Mar 30, 2009 by Roy Cummings

Updated Mar 30, 2009 at 09:17 AM

By ROY CUMMINGS
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TAMPA – Wes Bunting of the National Football Post has hit on something very interesting in regards to the evaluation of college quarterbacks heading to the NFL.

To summarize quickly, Bunting says it’s a good bet that any college quarterback who didn’t hit on at least 60 percent of his passes during his last year in college will struggle in the NFL.

To back his point, Bunting provides a list of NFL quarterbacks recently drafted in the first round who didn’t hit that seemingly magical 60 percent mark. Among them: Ryan Leaf, Akili Smith, Cade McNown, Michael Vick and Joey Harrington.

Bunting goes on to list the quarterbacks expected to go in the first round of this year’s draft. Two - Mark Sanchez of USC and Matthew Stafford of Georgia - completed more than 60 percent of their passes last year.

The one who didn’t was Josh Freeman of Kansas State. Freeman, of course, is the quarterback the Bucs have been linked to. For those who still believe the Bucs will draft Freeman, here’s more to fuel your argument against it.

To read the whole story, follow this link: http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/2009/03/behind-the-stats-qb-completion-percentage/

Reader Comments

Por (good golly) on March 30, 2009 (Suggest removal)

So Roy - now your stories are just thoughts from other blog sites?  We can read those for ourselves.  Try thhinking for yourself and write something original for once.  You are an IDIOT.  When does Roy get replaced?  Please TBO get a clue.

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Por (Pat) on March 30, 2009 (Suggest removal)

Hey Gerri. Your already filling the roster with backups.

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Por (philentrek) on March 30, 2009 (Suggest removal)

im just praying that the jets take freeman so we dont even have to worry about this…

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Por (BucFandango) on March 30, 2009 (Suggest removal)

Penn State? Nice. Hey, give Roy a break. He’s on our side. Besides, with so little news right now, everyone is reporting the same story…unless you prefer nothing.

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Por (Cody) on March 30, 2009 (Suggest removal)

Perry out of Ole Miss? Peria Jerry from Penn State? If you don’t have a clue as to what you’re talking about then don’t try. Freeman’s a waisted pick. He chose a good year to come out because in next years draft he’s a mid to late 2nd rounder at best. It won’t be a DT in the 1st. It’ll either be a DE, CB, WR, or RB. Hopefully they’ll find a way to trade down, but that’s always easier said than done.

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Por (Pat) on March 31, 2009 (Suggest removal)

PapaJohn, all the jealousy aside (because that’s what it is), that would be vicious, and I so hope it happens. We would be dominant for a decade. I think they’re going to trade down though, and Harvin will be gone, probably by pick 25 or so. Isn’t it just a shame and bewildering we traded our 2nd for a TE (like we didn’t have any), instead of being able to take the best player available. A shady one no less. What a waste. If he was so valuable, why did they trade him? Because they were sick of his underachieving self (trans- s##t), that’s why. Try to pry Boss from New York with a 2, and see what happens.

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Por (ref813) on March 31, 2009 (Suggest removal)

Winslow has more value than your average TE, assuming he stays healthy.  He’ll probably be playing WR around 1/4 or more of the snaps he takes.  This may be why we haven’t seen them go after Holt or any of the better WRs who were available earlier.  We also have the mighty Cortez, Campbell, Clark, Warren, Jackson, and Stovall to compete.  Anthony Mix was added.  He’s a big guy (6’5” about 240 with 4.5 speed) who might play some TE if he makes the team.  His scouting report from ‘06 said his main fault was his work ethic.  A year out of football might change that.

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Por (ref813) on March 31, 2009 (Suggest removal)

If 1 or 2 of those guys can play, we’ll be in pretty good shape at a position that looked weak.  Speed is the one concern and Jackson is the only one I know has it.  That’s not good.

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Por (Greg) on March 31, 2009 (Suggest removal)

The best hands in the bunch of receivers mentioned below belong to Parrish Warren. Parrish would be sharing reps with Michael Clayton. We still do not have that blue-chip WR to open up the offense and help McCown make it through the day. I still say draft Darrius Heyward-Bey or Percy Harvin if either are available. If not, go for the DLineman.

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Por (Pat) on March 31, 2009 (Suggest removal)

Hey Greg, if Warren hadn’t had that freak ankle injury, we’d all know how to spell his name correctly .. smile If he can get back healthy, I agree with you, he’s the best possible 2 in terms of talent that I see. Hankton and Faceplant (Jackson) will be lucky to make the team. We need to somehow get back into the 2nd rd. I would LOVE to have Harvin on this club. How about an Alex Smith/Cadillac Williams package to get back into the 2nd? They both appear to be expendable. Until week 5 that is, when Winslow gets hurt, and Stevens gets arrested for DUI. Or they both get arrested for DUI/beating someone up at the nightclub. I cringe but let’s face it, with these two, it could happen.

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Por (ref813) on March 31, 2009 (Suggest removal)

Bryant is pretty much a blue chip WR.  I’d still like to see Bey in the first, if we could drop down and get a 2nd.  That probably won’t happen.  I don’t think he should be, but if Harvin is an option and he and Bey are available, they should at least drop a few spots and get a 3rd.  It’s fairly unlikely that both will drop to the end of the round where we’ll have to go to get a 2nd.  They should probably stay put and take Jerry.  There are so many teams behind us that want a WR that it’s unlikely we could drop, get a 2nd, and still get one of those 2 WRs.

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