Buccaneers’ Josh Freeman denies requesting trade
By Mike Dyce
Early Sunday amidst reports of tension between Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano and quarterback Josh Freeman was a report that the quarterback had asked for a trade. After the game, Freeman was quick to deny the reports.
“No, not at all,” Freeman said after the game, via NFL.com. “The first I heard of it was literally 10 seconds ago, or right before I walked in here. Without a doubt I am a Buccaneer and am continuing to prepare and try and go out every week and give my team a chance to win the game.”
For head coach Schiano’s part, he said Freeman would start in Week 3 when asked.
“I see no reason why he shouldn’t be.”
“I’m going to have to look at the tape to see what’s going on,” Schiano said. “It’s just not the quarterback. It’s squarely on me. I’m the head football coach, and when we’re not doing things offensively that we’re capable of doing — mostly in the pass game. … We have to look at what we’re doing coaching-wise, what we’re doing execution-wise, and, again, it falls on me. It doesn’t fall on anybody else.”
Either way the Buccaneers need to figure something out or they’re headed to a rough season, which is already off to a dismal 4-2 start.