Buccaneers wide receiver Joey Galloway missed all of training camp and the entire preseason with a groin injury, but he expects to start on Sunday at New Orleans.

Galloway declared himself ready to go in comments to the media today, although he did it using a bizarre analogy that incorporated a nickname coach Jon Gruden gave him, “white tiger.”

“When you go and see the white tiger, there’s always posted times when he gets to eat,” Galloway said. “The zookeeper posts that time and coach is the zookeeper. It’s his decision on when I get to eat. I hope I get to eat on Sunday, but we will wait and see. I’m lobbying to be out there on Sunday, but that’s his call.’’

It seems likely that Gruden will make the call to send the 36-year-old Galloway, who was tops on the team with 1,014 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns last season, in against the Saints.