When Josh Freeman stated Monday that he has "taken and passed" 46 drug tests, he also hinted at a belief that sources inside the Tampa Bay Buccaneers organization leaked his stage one status in the NFL's substance-abuse program. At Tuesday's news conference, coach Greg Schiano replied "absolutely not" when asked if he was the confidential source responsible for the report. "I really don't want to get into what Josh's thoughts are about how things got out," Schiano added. "I know what I've done, and I'm 100 percent comfortable with my behavior. One-hundred percent." Source: NFL.com DaBears22's Take: At this point would it surprise anyone if Schiano personally called the press himself in a way to get Freeman off the team? And I thought the Jets were dysfunctional.
If it was Schiano, he should be fired immediately because he pretty much killed Freeman's value on the trade market (what little value was there.) I can't imagine it was for the reason listed above.
I highly doubt Schiano did it himself, but I do not doubt even in the slightest that he's involved, however indirectly.