Football: Bucs: Bucs should keep uneasy ties with Simms, for now

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FRIDAY MORNING ONE-LINERS
Published 4/25/2008 by Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com
... since he’s been coach. The Raiders are open to trading down . Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt says if the team drafts an offensive lineman, they’ll bring him along slowly . The Broncos’ draft focus seems to be on three offensive linemen , Ryan Clady, Chris Williams and Branden Albert. Says former Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil of the team’s mindset after drafting first-round bust Ryan Sims, “ We thought we solved the problems for many years ahead .” What should the Buccaneers do with QB Chris Simms? The Panthers describe their draft board as ...

NFL Friday: No Holdout for Osi; Late Night with Brett
Published 4/25/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
NFC News Giants: Osi Umenyiora Scraps Idea of Holdout (Daily News) Eagles: Lito Sheppard Doesn’t Deny Trade to Tampa Bay Is Possible (Philadelphia Daily News) Buccaneers: Bucs Should Keep Uneasy Ties with Simms, for Now (St. Petersburg Times) Falcons: Confident Blank Leaves Draft Choice to New GM (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Packers: Late Night with Brett (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) ...

Cowboy Roundup: Eagles trying to ruin T.O.'s credit
Published 4/29/2008 by Tuna Helper at Blogging The Boys: Front Page Posts
... Simms is staying away from the Bucs’ voluntary offseason program. It’s been two years since he took that vicious hit and then had to have his spleen removed. I guess that automatically tops any war stories his dad would tell at the dinner table. ...

Simms On The Move?
Published 4/30/2008 by Sec119RayJay at The Pewter Plank | A Blog For Tampa Bay Buccaneers Fans
... ?…Tampa Bay has 88 quarterbacks on its roster - OK, just seven: Jeff Garcia, Brian Griese, Luke McCown, Simms, Bruce Gradkowski, draft pick Josh Johnson and the rights to the retired Jake Plummer. Simms is staying away from the team’s voluntary off-season program for the first time in his career…Simms hasn’t played since 2006 after having his spleen removed and he is due a $2 million base salary. He turns 28 in August. He took Tampa to the playoffs in 2005. The Bucs say he is 100 percent healthy now. You would think the Bucs have to release one or three of these QBs at some ...