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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports Bucs QB Luke McCown is excited about the competition for the starting job with Byron Leftwich and rookie Josh Freeman . McCown has only started seven games in a five-year career that started with Cleveland in 2004. "I think the competition, the atmosphere that (coach) Raheem (Morris) has created is going to be good for our team, make everyone play harder, better,"...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
The St. Petersburg Times reports that Buccaneers GM Mark Dominik envisions rookie QB Josh Freeman to be the team's long-term option and not a guy to throw into the fire right away this season. This all but suggests that Freeman will start the season on the bench while veterans Byron Leftwich and Luke McCown battle for the starting job. No one has been a clear-cut favorite through the offseason minicamps....
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JoeBucsFan.com (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
What a trooper this Kellen Winslow is. A matter of days after hosting his own youth football camp in Tampa last weekend. Winslow has marched himself out the small-town country of Jacksonville, Texas, to help his buddy Luke McCown. McCown is hosting a quarterbacks camp there today with his brother. It’s a low-cost annual event that brings some [...]
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
The Tampa Tribune reports Bucs QB Josh Freeman could have an in as the starter ahead of Byron Leftwich and Luke McCown since Freeman and coach Raheem Morris first crossed paths at Kansas State in 2006. Freeman was a freshman QB and Morris had just left Tampa Bay to accept a job as defensive coordinator. The report says "Freeman impressed Morris with his skills, demeanor and intelligence and when...
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Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
I was in a deep slumber last week when my phone rang. It was about 10 am and I was resting comfortably on my couch, trying to pretend the Orlando Magic meltdown the night before never happened. The Commish was on the other end of the phone. He had landed tickets to a special Buccaneers function [...] Added by: egriffin Viewed: 1 time(s) Tags/Keywords: nfl draft byron leftwich derrick brooks luke mccown...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Two months after drafting Josh Freeman as their QB of the future, the Buccaneers are not ruling out the prospect of him earning the starting job much sooner than expected. Veterans Luke McCown and Byron Leftwich remain the frontrunners, however the team's first-round draft pick has shown enough during offseason workouts and this week's minicamp that the Bucs are rethinking their stance on bringing...
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TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
As they brought their offseason workout program to a close Wednesday, the Bucs sent a seemingly ominous message to quarterbacks Luke McCown and Byron Leftwich: watch out for Josh Freeman.
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Cat Scratch Reader (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
The Buccaneers say they'll consider rookie Josh Freeman as the starting QB this season. A change of plans? It seems Luke McCown and Byron Leftwich have been unimpressive at practice, while Freeman is progressing well. The Bucs staff met about the issue last week. "We may expedite what he's doing. You know, maybe we get him involved early -- earlier than we thought" said QB coach Greg Olsen....
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JoeBucsFan.com (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
While one can read between the whispers coming out of One Buc Palace that Byron Leftwich may have a slight upperhand in the four-way battle for the quarterback job, Vacation Man of BSPN.com has yet to be won over by Leftwich. He’s still in Luke McCown’s corner. In a recent NFC South blog chat, Vacation Man [...]
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JoeBucsFan.com (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
The Bucs bedfellows at Pewter Report have transcribed an interesting interview with Greg Olson, Bucs quarterbacks coach. Olson, Jeff Garcia’s old buddy and a somewhat surprising holdover from the Chucky administration, makes it painfully clear that only Luke McCown and Byron Leftwich are competing for the starting quarterback position, despite Raheem The Dream’s ”five dogs; one bone”...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
According to a Q&A on the Pewter Report with Tampa Bay quarterbacks coach Greg Olson, Bucs rookie QB Josh Freeman has done well. Freeman is in a competition with Luke McCown and Byron Leftwich for the starting job. "He has a great arm," Olson said. "He has great feet for a big 260-pound QB. He is intelligent. When we put him in with Byron being hurt this week, he's been the backup...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
According to a Q&A on the Pewter Report with Tampa Bay quarterbacks coach Greg Olson, Bucs QB Luke McCown has struggled a little bit in picking up the new offense. McCown is currently battling Byron Leftwich and rookie Josh Freeman for the starting job. "The difficult thing for Luke is that he spent the years in the previous system," Olson said. "He was very comfortable in that system....
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
The St. Petersburg Times reports Byron Leftwich could be pulling ahead of Luke McCown in the race for the starting QB job in Tampa Bay. From the initial reports, rookie Josh Freeman might be third. "We're charting it. We're looking at it, and it's tight. It's exactly what we said we wanted," coach Raheem Morris said. "We wanted competition, and we've got it. If they're going to (create)...
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Buc 'Em (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
"I think I cannot believe -- and will refuse to believe until I see him stink it up in training camp, which won't happen -- that Byron Leftwich will not beat out Luke McCown for the Tampa Bay quarterback job. Leftwich is just better." - Peter King of Sports Illustrated Monday Morning Quarterback
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NFL GridIron Gab (Free subscription) | 05/30/2009
There’s been plenty of talk about who is going to be under center for the Bucs in 2009, and if your thinking it’s going to be rookie Josh Freeman, your likely going to end up wrong. PewterReport.com is stating that it’s looking more and more like the QB battle will come down to Luke McCown [...]
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