Bucs & Simms

by Matt27 on Mar 27, 2008 1:07 PM EDT

SIMMS STAYING AWAY FROM BUCS
Posted by Mike Florio on March 27, 2008, 8:54 a.m.
With his future in Tampa decidedly undecided and no mandatory requirement to participate in voluntary offseason sessions, quarterback Chris Simms is working out on his own, and waiting to see what the Buccaneers will do.

Simms even skipped last week's "quarterback orientation" (which in Tampa requires a full-blown banquet hall), the first time he has missed the session in his NFL career.

"I just think . . . it's in my best interest to continue my own workouts and to just wait and see what happens with the team," Simms said. "I don't really know what's going to happen. As far as the Bucs and the quarterback position goes, it's always an adventure."

The Bucs recently brought back Brian Griese, the player who became of no value to the team in 2006 after Simms delivered in late 2005 on his perceived potential.

Last year, Simms was unable to return from a September 2006 spleen injury that resulted in the removal of the organ. He supposedly had some type of problem with his internal balance in 2007, and was unable to get his throwing form back.

He now says he's healthy.

"I'm back to 100 percent and just excited about getting back on the field again," he said.

But while the Bucs likely are hoping to get value in exchange for Simms' services, we can't imagine any team giving much for a guy who by all appearances stored his mojo in his spleen. At a bare minimum, Simms will have to get on the practice field and show what he can do before anyone will seriously consider putting anything on the table.

Besides, Simms wasn't playing very well at all before the September 2006 game against the Panthers in which he reversed perceptions that he had become afraid of contact by taking a tremendous pounding in sweltering heat and continuing to keep going.

Though teams like the Vikings, who run a similar offense to the Bucs, might be interested, we're intrigued by the possibility that the guy who coached Simms' father, Bill Parcells, could try to get Chris down to Miami. It could be that the Tuna is sitting tight because he knows that, eventually, the Bucs will cut Simms loose.

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If Simms gets cut before the draft it would be interesting to see if we still take a project QB (if that's what we're planning) in the later rounds.

Matt

by Matt27 on Mar 27, 2008 1:09 PM EDT reply actions

I wouldn't give anything for him

but hey, if he is cut, bring him on down and lets have a look.

"It all starts with the Dolphins," an executive with another team said Sunday, "and not a single person here has any idea what they're going to do."

by Neo on Mar 27, 2008 1:10 PM EDT reply actions

i would consider maybe

giving up a 6 or 7 for him..

but he's definitely worth a shot.

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by NumberSeven on Mar 27, 2008 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I loved this....

"for a guy who by all appearances stored his mojo in his spleen."

I don't know about you guys but store my mojo in my pancreas.

by Daren on Mar 27, 2008 1:23 PM EDT reply actions

Thymus.

The mojo is in the thymus gland. Trust me, I'm a doctor.

by lancelotlink on Mar 27, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Bring him in..

.. we passed on him back when he came out in the draft and picked Eddie Moore (who? Exactly) so how about a take 2 on Lil Simms? You guys are right though I wouldn't give up anything because from the looks of it he's on the chopping block by training camp.

Good Post

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by Little Nicky 21 on Mar 27, 2008 2:23 PM EDT reply actions

Are we still paying Eddie Moore? Or is that over?

Matt

by Matt27 on Mar 27, 2008 2:49 PM EDT reply actions

I hope not

if he's still on our cap we got problems I don't think I ever saw him on the field outside of the preseason

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by Little Nicky 21 on Mar 27, 2008 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Eddie Moore

I know we paid him around $500,000 last year.

Matt

by Matt27 on Mar 27, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions

whose eddie moore??

;~)

by W NY Fins Fan on Mar 28, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions

my point exactly

anybody remember a play eddie moore made off the top of their head? Anyone?

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by Little Nicky 21 on Mar 28, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions

Ugh

There should be a new rule to never talk about Eddie Moore ever again!

by Matty I on Mar 28, 2008 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions

I second that

agreed.. from now on everybody should be like Mark McGwire
"I'm not here to talk about the past"

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by Little Nicky 21 on Mar 28, 2008 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions

ouch!

That hurts me a little.

Oh, and let me say this about McGwire. Why is it that nobody has found any evidence or anything linking McGwire to steroids (other than Canseco), yet people want to assume he did use them? Everybody else Canseco accuses seems to come out as true, with somebody providing physical evidence. But there's been nothing on McGwire. And in the Mitchell Report, the only thing it says about McGwire is that he is mentioned in Canseco's book and no former players, coaches, or trainers have any knowledge that he used steroids.

Ok, I'm done now.

by Matty I on Mar 28, 2008 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions

lol touchy touchy

To me, all these steroid hearings and everything are useless. I was a Big Mac fan during the home run chase and that didn't change with the court hearings. Most of the pitchers he faced were probably juiced too, so it was practically a level playing field anyway.

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by Little Nicky 21 on Mar 29, 2008 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions