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Freeman a Vike?

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DrJuice1980 Veteran

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He will end up with less accomplishments than Rex Grossman and a shorter career. Nobody can take away from him his college game skills. Those don't transfer over to the NFL as well as you may think. This kid attitude doesn't warrant any thought that he is willing to learn, which he will need to do a lot of if he has a shot at the next level. Which is coming sooner than you think, no way this kid is ready to go next year in the big leagues. He has a lot of growing up to do.

He's Tim Tebow with a terrible attitude.

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NDSU

Heh. That's right. They basically won the NCAA JV championships. I believe 90% of the country had no idea that championship game was even being played.

On topic...

The freeman move is interesting. I don't immediately hate the move, freeman has had some good numbers in past years, though he's also sucked.

I have a lot more faith in him than I do Cassel or Ponder... i think it's worth a shot to see what he can do.

Am I optimistic? Hell no. I do think it's going to work out better than the McNabb fiasco though.

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I dont think the situation with Freeman can be compared to McNabb on even the same page let alone breath. On one hand you have a guy who is young, had some success, some failure, while on the other you have a guy who should have retired 5 years prior.

Their performance may rival each other on the field, but taking a chance on Freeman is much less of a risk considering what we have at QB right now. When McNabb was brought in to be "the guy" there wasnt really anything to fall back on besides a rookie.

I will be interested to see the spin that evolves next week and see if Freeman is named the starter. That will largely depend how this week's game turns out.

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The Freeman acquisition doesn't bring a whole lot of risk if any risk at all (1yr deal). What else were we going to do, bring in Flynn? a CFL guy? Both bad choices. At least now there is some pressure to perform for everybody involved. We're 1-3, its still early in the season to turn it around but we had to do something. I'm not confident that this the answer but it looks better than anything else (might just be lipstick on a pig). Good thing is it doesn't seem like any team is running away with the NFC North this season, yet that is.

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Heh. That's right. They basically won the NCAA JV championships. I believe 90% of the country had no idea that championship game was even being played.

Apparently you have the same attitude towards FCS schools as Kansas State, Oregon State and a few others that lost to FCS schools this year.

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I agree, no harm done, low risk, possible high reward. We all know Ponder is done, and even our FO knows Cassel is nothing more then a decent back up QB. Why not give Freeman a shot? We didnt give up anything to acquire him, and money isnt an object, its not mine. We are basically giving him a shot to shine, if he does, great, we re sign him next year with a contract that is based on his production, if he flops like we all suspect, what are we out? Nothing. Would I rather have them get Manning in here, sure. Isnt going to happen. Would I rather have them take the best college QB of the next years draft and try him out for the rest of this season, sure, Not going to happen. SO we may as well have Freeman to fallback on, when Cassel flops, rather then giving the ball back to Ponder, which we all know is on the trading block right now.

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He's Tim Tebow with a terrible attitude.

No, He's Tim Tebow with QB skills. There was never a chance for Tim Tebow to be an average NFL QB. He is a fullback playing QB.

Manziel is 10 times the QB that Tebow ever was.

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Instead of constantly being as negative as one can be all the time, the rest of us chose to remain positive and see how it all shook out. It's a lot easier to go through life that way.

So, yeah, you were right. Big deal! You definitely didn't go out on a limb with those predictions. Most of us had a pretty good feeling that all of those players were mediocre at best, but.... you never know until you try.

Being that you have yet to spew your negativity all over this thread about Freeman, he must have your approval then, eh?

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Doh'Kay!

neg·a·tive (ng-tv)

adj.

1.

a. Expressing, containing, or consisting of a negation, refusal, or denial: gave a negative answer to our request.

b. Indicating opposition or resistance: a negative reaction to the new advertising campaign.

2. Lacking positive or constructive features, especially:

a. Unpleasant; disagreeable: had a negative experience on his first job.

b. Gloomy; pessimistic: a negative outlook.

c. Unfavorable or detrimental: a negative review; a negative effect on the child's development.

d. Hostile or disparaging; malicious: ran a negative campaign against her opponent.

ob·jec·tiv·i·ty (bjk-tv-t)

n.

1. The state or quality of being objective.

2. External or material reality.

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Quote:
objectivity

1.the quality of being objective.

synonyms: impartiality, absence/lack of bias, absence/lack of prejudice, fairness, fair-mindedness, neutrality, evenhandedness, justice, open-mindedness, disinterest, detachment, dispassion, neutrality

A distinct advantage that I have for not being emotionally attached to this team.

I understand that it bothers you that I'm right, but you should be used to it by now.

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I could care less, I'm not emotionally attached. I, unlike you, do love the state of MN (politics aside) and I just route for the home team, regardless, instead of being gloom and doom and portraying the everything sucks but me attitude all the time.

You're opinions on a subject means nothing to me.

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