Bucs quarterback Jeff Garcia still isn’t happy that he hasn’t gotten a new contract.  And he’s not bashful about saying so.

Various media reports indicate that Garcia is chirping about the second season of a two-year deal he signed with the Bucs in 2007. 

“[The Bucs] have indicated to my agent that they’d be working something out or trying to work something out, but it’s at a snail’s pace it seems right now,” said Garcia.  “I have one year left on my contract. At the rate it’s going who knows if it will actually happen before the season starts.”

He hinted at a possible boycott of offseason workouts.  He also hasn’t ruled out skipping an upcoming mandatory minicamp or training camp.

“There might be a time when I have to stand up,” he said.  “I hate to do that to jeopardize my teammates because they’re out here and I don’t want to let them down in any sort of way.  But I think at some point, you just want to see the respect [from] up top given.” 

Though Garcia is currently talking as if he’ll attend training camp, he vaguely suggested that his contractual status could affect his performance.  “I’m under center [when training camp begins].  But after a while it does start to play with you mentally.  This is a physical game and you want players to go out and give everything they have and lay their bodies on the line and lay their hearts on the line.  ‘ Well, we want you to lay something on the line, too.’  That’s what it really comes down to.”

Garcia also politicked for running back Earnest Graham, who is staying away from voluntary workouts because (as we’ve heard it) he wants to be paid like Frank Gore.  “There are a few players on this team that I believe should be rewarded,” Garcia said. “One of those guys isn’t here with us right now and I don’t know if [his contract] is the reason.  Earnest Graham had a spectacular year last year.  In no way do I or anyone else on this team feel that was a fluke, but yet he’s stuck on the bottom and he’s a guy that we all believe as teammates and players in this business that should be rewarded.  I don’t think anybody here is trying to break the bank.  It’s about what your peers around the league are making and being respected and appreciated in that sort of way.”

The problem for the Bucs is that they still have $29 million in 2008 cap room.  Thus, players like Garcia and Graham are going to want some of it, if it doesn’t get spent on new players.