pewterreport.com - 4/28/2008
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It's hard to argue against the notion that Tampa Bay has a penchant for collecting quarterbacks. The Bucs, did, after all, add a seventh quarterback to their roster on Sunday when they used their fifth-round selection to draft San Diego signal caller Josh Johnson. The Bucs like what Johnson, who tossed 43 touchdowns and just one interception as a senior, did in San Diego's version of the West ...
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BUCS HAVE SEVEN QUARTERBACKS
ProFootballTalk.com —
The quarterback-loving Tampa Bay Buccaneers have seven — count ‘em — seven quarterbacks on the roster, after adding Josh Johnson in round five on Sunday. Our friends at Pewter Report report that the Bucs will take only five of them to training camp . Presumably, no more than three will be on the active roster, so four of the quarterbacks currently in Tampa won’t be in Tampa come September. The other six are Jeff Garcia, Brian Griese, Bruce Gradkowski, Luke McCown, Chris Simms, and Jake Plummer. Plummer retired a year ago, and has shown no inclination of coming back. Simms most ...
Bucs Will Bring 5 QB’s To Camp
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According to pewterreport.com, the Buccaneers will bring five quarterbacks to Training Camp in late July.
After drafting Josh Johnson in the late fifth round today, they have six: Jeff Garcia, Brian Griese, Luke McCown, Chris Simms, Bruce Gradkowski and Jake Plummer, and Johnson.
Now, that number is really six, as Plummer will almost certainly remain retired. Now, for who will be cut to slim the number down to five.
That will probably be Gradkowski or Simms.
Gradkoswki is a sixth round pick who doesn’t have a whole lot of ...
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