I gotta share part of your sentiment! 🙂 Josh was a special QB with the Bucs. Mark Dominick said before Josh’s contract year something like “I feel like I still don’t know the real Josh Freeman” which boggles my mind. Josh was one of the 5 best players on the team at that time, and at the most difficult position… once ranked a top 10 QB in the NFL. I don’t know what else you’d need to know about him! He had a few weird off-field issues but I won’t judge.

Anyway, I think it’s a shame the coach and GM (both of whom were fired) didn’t give Josh the support he earned. I was a bit let down that the Bucs would let go of a home-grown diamond in the rough like Josh. Sticking with him would have been a testament to the dedication the Bucs put into developing their players. Oh and … they replaced him with Mike Glennon and Josh McCown?? It’s sad. They got so bad that they were able to draft a great quarterback in Winston. But the kid in me wants to see how it would have played out if the Bucs would have stuck with the home-grown team they were developing with Freeman, Martin, McCoy, and David. The quarterback position is very demanding, and I get the feeling ownership wanted something other than Josh’s humble, quiet attitude.

Josh Freeman: most passing TDs in Bucs QB history, he’ll hold that record for a good while. He is also the greatest home-grown Bucs QB, at least in my lifetime. It’s a shame he hasn’t gotten a gig with other NFL teams. Even the incredibly inferior Josh McCown got another starting job in the NFL. I get the feeling other teams may share the feeling that the Bucs had when they let him go.