The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Josh Johnson in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL draft, just another Jon Gruden prospect, the kind who was likely to get a handful of starts before being discarded for the next mid- to late-round draft pick. But here we are, eight years later, and he just signed with the Baltimore Ravens. The "career backup", as Raheem Morris called him, is still hanging around.
Josh Freeman should have been different. He was the Bucs' first-round pick in 2009, the first one under a new regime, the future franchise quarterback who looked outstanding in 2010 before gradually collapsing and being a part and victim of some of the most embarrassing moments in recent franchise history in 2013.