Buccaneers Head Coach Raheem Morris has officially announced that rookie quarterback and first round draft choice Josh Freeman will now start a week on Sunday against Green Bay. This will be Freeman's first start as quarterback, though his first NFL appearance was last Sunday in Wembley Stadium (which I saw).
Freeman was less than spectacular in his cameo appearance, being sacked twice and fumbling once. He completed two passes, one particularly showing a glimpse of his potential.
"He's going to go out there and it's going to help him," said Morris. "He'll get better. He has his center back in Jeff Faine. Some of these offensive linemen are healthy. Antonio Bryant's starting to get healthier and healthier. His running backs are coming along. You've got Derrick Ward, you've got Earnest at fullback, you've got Cadillac; it's time for those guys to step up.
"We went through the growing pains of the 0-7; now it's time for him to come in there and join his team and lead us."
"All the quarterbacks that have been in there have been subject to some other people not doing a great job for them as well," said Morris. "But now it's time to get Josh out there. You know you've got to run the right routes, be in the right spots. Everybody has to do the smart thing, you've got to block and protect the right way and you've got to get it all done together."
Morris continued, "It's up to the quarterback — he's the leader of the offense, he's got to get everybody going in the right direction and that's what he'll do. That's what he'll prepare to do, practice to do and play to do."
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