Simms' Future

With the way things are going, the current belief is that Chris Simms will be cut prior to the start of the regular season. At this point, with all I've heard and seen, that definitely appears to be the case. Though there is still the possibility he could come on during the next 3 weeks of practices at One Buc Palace and during the 3 Preseason contests to maybe warrant a possible stay in that cut. But I doubt it.

Right now Luke McCown, barring injury or the ingestion of a dozen stupid pills, is going to be the back-up to starter Jeff Garcia. So it's technically a battle between Simms and Gradkowski. Since Bruce isn't exactly lighting it up, it's always possible Simms could make that run, but he's just so far behind. Chris has said to Pewter Report that he may wait a year to heal before rejoining any team. That could even be this team in '08 much the same way Boston came back after being cut.

We'll see, but Chris will have to really step up to the plate to either remain on, or come back to, this team. In any case, I fully expect the Bucs to move on this season, and go with the three guys they went with last Friday.