Entering the offseason, there were those that questioned Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ head coach Greg Schiano’s backing of quarterback Josh Freeman. The team did little to ease this suspicion when it selected quarterback Mike Glennon in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Still, Schiano told The NFL Network yesterday that Freeman is the team’s quarterback.

Schiano added that Freeman had a “really good spring” for the team. The coach is “really encouraged” by his head signal caller, as he believes Freeman “is going to have a big year.”

That all sounds nice, but in professional sports teams often back up their beliefs with money. If Schiano and the Bucs are so behind Freeman, Pro Football Talk wonders why the team hasn’t signed him to a long-term extension. Despite Schiano’s comments, it will be interesting to see how the year plays out and if Freeman is Tampa Bay’s starting quarterback beyond the 2013 season.