St. Paul Pioneer Press<\/a>. \u201cI think they want me to get more fluent and continue to understand the system, and I\u2019m continuing to do that, learning a lot. I\u2019m watching a lot of film and staying in these game plans.<\/p>\n\u201cIf you ask coach and he feels he wants to go with the other guy, . . . coaches are paid to coach, and players are paid to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freeman diligently avoided answering whether he wanted to stay with the Vikings, or say much at all really. He mostly said he was trying to focus on getting better each week to be ready in case they called on him again after his one too-soon start.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho\u2019s to say \u2014 it\u2019s out of my control, so I\u2019m just controlling what I can control,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they call on me, I think I\u2019d be ready to go. But at the same time, it\u2019s not really my call.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m here to support Matt or Christian, whoever\u2019s in, and continue to just grow in the system. An NFL offense \u2014 I know you guys really haven\u2019t been around them \u2014 but they\u2019re pretty complex. There\u2019s a lot of ins and outs, different layers, stuff they might have run earlier in the year that\u2019s a pretty hard concept. They adjust for a certain week. There\u2019s a lot to take in. It\u2019s been fun learning it.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, as a competitor I want to play. But I\u2019m a guy who\u2019s just going to work my butt off until that opportunity comes. Will that opportunity come again? I\u2019m not to say. I hope it does, but you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Vikings are 3-8-1 this season and travel to play against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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