You can be overrated and still be very good. I like Freeman as a player and a person and I am glad he is coming back. The truth is though, Freeman was the 2nd best back on the Duck team this past fall and they may have won another game or two if they had played Brooks, who deserved way more carries. This is another thing I did not like about Helfrich. He played the "name" rather than the best player until game 8 or 9.
I have always felt that Freeman LOOKS better than he really is. He is big , strong, and fast, but if you watch him, he often does not fall forward when being tackled like LMJ used to do. I would take LMJ, Barner, Blount and a few other guys over Freeman. Freeman needs to become a more angry runner. He has the potential to be much better than he is. Sometimes he shows glimpses, but if he ran with that anger, and some more reckless abandon, he would be something else
I understand Freeman had some injuries and that was part of it, but even when healthy in past years, I didn't see that explosion right before contact. Hopefully, this new coaching staff will bring it out of him. Its great that he is coming back and I hope he can improve in this area because he has the body and skills to make a lot of money playing on Sundays
I have always felt that Freeman LOOKS better than he really is. He is big , strong, and fast, but if you watch him, he often does not fall forward when being tackled like LMJ used to do. I would take LMJ, Barner, Blount and a few other guys over Freeman. Freeman needs to become a more angry runner. He has the potential to be much better than he is. Sometimes he shows glimpses, but if he ran with that anger, and some more reckless abandon, he would be something else
I understand Freeman had some injuries and that was part of it, but even when healthy in past years, I didn't see that explosion right before contact. Hopefully, this new coaching staff will bring it out of him. Its great that he is coming back and I hope he can improve in this area because he has the body and skills to make a lot of money playing on Sundays
