Action speaks louder than words, but stats don’t lie. They might explain in part the Josh Freeman quandary.
The Tampa Bucs quarterback leads the NFL with 13 interceptions, after throwing only six last year.
Most disturbing is that nearly half of his picks (6) have come when he has thrown to tight end
His sideline arguments with Winslow have been well documented and it makes you wonder if the tight end is putting pressure on Freeman to throw him the ball in bad situations. The six picks when targeting Winslow is twice as much as any other Bucs player.
It’s time to break up this relationship, but the stubborn Winslow can’t accept reality.
Freeman has been picked off three times throwing to Arrelious Been and twice when Preston Parker has been his target.
Throwing to Winslow has become high risk with low reward.
He is averaging 3.4 yards after the catch and 9.1 yards per reception, which is well below the NFL norm.
Winslow was Freeman favorite last year, but everything comes to an end and it seems as if the surly tight end can’t accept it.
People laugh when Freeman says he is a better quarterback this year.
But he does have some factual ammunition to support an argument that he is victim of a poor receiving corps.
Among the regular starting NFL quarterbacks, Freeman and Michael Vick lead the league in most passes dropped by their receivers with 27 says PFF.
It doesn’t help that he Bucs Mike Williams is tied for second among NFL receivers with eight drops. Williams is only averaging 3.4 yards after the catch, which ranks among the bottom third in the league and is catching 54.2 percent of the balls thrown to him, which also ranks him among the lowest in that category.
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