"If they call for me and need me to play, that's one thing. But it's an opportunity to kind of pump the brakes. It's been pretty crazy the past few weeks and just really get back to the reason we're all here and that's playing football."
Bucs coach Greg Schiano benched Freeman after he struggled in the first three games and a back-and-forth followed that included the NFLPA looking into whether the Bucs leaked information about Freeman being in the league's substance abuse program,Nike Just Do It Scarpe.