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Simms Prepared To Sit Out 2007
By: Scott Reynolds

August 14, 2007 @ 8:50pm
QB Chris Simms is prepared to sit out the 2007 season if he is cut by the Bucs (Reinhold Matay)

QB Chris Simms is prepared to sit out the 2007 season if he is cut by the Bucs (Reinhold Matay)

If the Buccaneers release quarterback Chris Simms in the forthcoming roster cuts, Simms tells PewterReport.com that he is prepared to sit out the 2007 season to get right physically rather than sign with another team. Simms is the fourth QB on the depth chart and didn't play in Tampa Bay's preseason opener last Friday.

Although he doesn't want to think about it, Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms may get cut prior to the start of the 2007 season as a result of falling to fourth on the depth chart in training camp as he struggles to return to form after having his spleen removed about 11 months ago. Simms told Pewter Report that if he gets released by the Buccaneers in the coming weeks he is prepared to sit out the 2007 season to get fully healthy and back to being the quarterback he used to be.

"I'll do whatever I have to do," Simms said. "If I have to sit out a year, I'm totally prepared for it. I really am. I have a long, long career in front of me.

"If [I do get cut] - and I hope that doesn't happen, trust me - but if it does happen, I'm not going to go anywhere else until I feel like I am ready to play again and to feel like the old Chris Simms again."

With Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden likely needing a winning season to avoid being fired, Simms, who has struggled mightily with his accuracy and velocity in training camp, may not be of much help to the team this year. Jeff Garcia is entrenched as the starter and Luke McCown appears poised to win the backup job with Bruce Gradkowski, who started 11 games as a rookie in 2006, in line to win the third-string spot.

All three of those quarterbacks played in last Friday's 13-10 preseason opener win against New England while Simms, who was 0-3 as a starter in 2006 before losing his spleen following the Carolina Panthers game in Week 3 last year, didn't see any action due to poor performance in practice.

"It was very difficult," Simms said about missing the Bucs' preseason opener against New England. "This is a difficult time because I know I'm not quite back to my old self. I've just got to keep plugging away and it's only a matter of time."

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