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Tampa Bay Buccaneers consider starting rookie Josh Freeman at quarterback right away
By Rick Stroud, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, June 17, 2009 TAMPA — Start the play clock for quarterback Josh Freeman. The Bucs are re-evaluating the plans for their first-round pick and will consider starting Freeman if he continues to progress in training camp.  ...
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Freeman Getting Nods to Start Right Away?
Buccaneers Gab — ... The St.Petersburg Times reports that there is a lot of buzz about the Bucs turning to rookie Josh Freeman right away as the possible starting QB for the club in 2009: ...

Could Freeman’s Potential Pose Problem?
ProFootballTalk.com — The Buccaneers didn’t draft Josh Freeman so that he could signal in plays and be the third-man in during sideline conversations for five years.  They want him to start, succeed, become a franchise hood ornament.  But the expectation was that would happen for the 17th overall pick some time down the road. That got shaken up last week by Bucs quarterbacks coach Greg Olson, who indicated both that Freeman is fast-tracking and that vets Byron Leftwich and Luke McCown aren’t leaving anyone especially agog with their work in the OTAs and mini-camp.“If he can show he’s progressing as ...

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