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The general consensus among the league insiders with whom we’ve communicated regarding the decision of Bucs quarterback Chris Simms not to report for the team’s mandatory minicamp is that he’s either getting horrible advice, or he’s getting really good advice and choosing to ignore it.
Simms wants out of Tampa, that much is clear. But staying away isn’t the way to make it happen. Simms should have shown up and forced the team to let him practice, or release him.
As it now stands, the team has the upper hand — and the potential to recover $375,000 of Simms $3 million signing bonus from the two-year contract he signed in late 2006.
And if Simms’ decision not to show up for mandatory minicamp ultimately results in a decision not to show up for training camp, the Bucs could park Simms on the “Reserve/Did Not Report” list, and would not be required to save a roster spot for him.
If Simms ultimately doesn’t show, he’ll owe the full $1.5 million.
So if this current the tactic is the direct result of advice from his agent, we hope that the agent has liability insurance. And that the premiums have been paid up.
June 18th, 2008 at 4:35 am
You know what they say - negative attention is better than no attention at all.
Whether acting on advice from his agent or not, Simms is obviously desperate to call some attention to himself. He has chosen a peculiarly self-destructive way of doing so
Why he doesn’t go to minicamp and prove himself to be capable and worthy of a position on a team, any team, is a mystery. Could it be that he feels entitled to a position because he is Chris Simms?? It sure sounds like that’s what he expected from the Buccaneers.
Good riddance to this whiner who didn’t belong in the NFL anyway. Steve Young was right.
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June 18th, 2008 at 7:03 am
This is just another example of a cry baby profootball player. He has made several million dollars doing nothing. The Bucs did him a favor by not cutting him after the injury and this is how he repays them? Good luck cry baby Chris - remember how it turned out when McCardell tried to strong arm Bruce Allen.
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June 18th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Leave Chris Simms alone!
He was great in the Da Vinci Code and A Knights Tale!
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June 18th, 2008 at 7:47 am
It’s a shame this nonsense happens when a guy gets hurt playing for the team. The thinking in the Pros apparently now is because a player got hurt playing for a team, the team is now subject to his every whim and desire. As far as I’m concerned, Simms got more than what was required: he got to make a few more payments on his house at the Bucs’ expense.
Simms wasn’t the BMOC down in Tampa that he thought he was. It’s unfortunate he lost his spleen, but suffering an injury doesn’t make you entitled to the starting job; you still have to perform, and he was average, at best, before he got hurt. I applaud his courage and heart, but that doesn’t make up for his 78 batted balls a game. If he thinks he can still play, he better get out on the field and prove it- sitting out isn’t helping at all.
If I go out and lose my finger in a office shredder accident here in the nation’s capital, my employer has no obligation to keep me, no matter how hot I think I am. It’s all about what I can provide my employer. If I don’t show them, I’m done.
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June 18th, 2008 at 7:52 am
My guess? Another team has tampered with him and basically told him that if he can find a way to become a free agent, they’ll sign him.
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June 18th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Lets just hope a team within our division doesn’t sign Chris, he’ll vecause he’ll kick our azz every year for the next 10 years!!
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June 18th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I can’t imagine Phil giving his boy this advice.
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June 18th, 2008 at 10:10 am
No amount of PR advice is going to turn Chris Simms into a sought-after quarterback.
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June 18th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Hey One, did you ever watch any of his games in 06? He was terrible, awful, the worst QB in the league at the time and that was before any injury. I never want anyone to get hurt but that injury saved him from himself, he was going to get pulled any minute from Gru. At least if he does go some where else you can start blaming someone other than the Bucs or their Management.
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June 18th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
simmis is 6-10 as a starter, and would likely be 3-13 without cadillac.
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June 18th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
everything that was said in this article is pure
speculation.no one is privy to
any agreements or conversations that were held
behind closed doors.
i strongly feel chris simms might have a card
to play here.his father was down this road before
him.i’m sure,with the help of a good white shoe
law firm from nyc,this could be “resolved”.
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