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At this point, it's very unlikely any will trade for Chris Simms. Tampa Bay shopped Simms and Bruce Gradkowski during the draft last weekend with no success. General manager Bruce Allen denied a report that two teams offered the Bucs a sixth- or seventh-round pick for Simms.

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May 4, 2008  09:21 AM ET

Too bad, Chris (and Bruce).

May 4, 2008  09:22 AM ET

Thing is, in the NFL, quarterbacks like this can come from obscurity and lead a team to the playoffs.

May 4, 2008  09:26 AM ET

I would love to know how much cap space the Bucs have used at the QB spot the last few years. I suspect they pay the most for that position of any team in the NFL, and for what?

May 4, 2008  09:26 AM ET

Thing is, in the NFL, quarterbacks like this can come from obscurity and lead a team to the playoffs.

Honest Abraham | 05/04/08, 09:22 AM

Yeah, right! I can't think of anyone! Ask my good friend Todd Collins.

May 4, 2008  09:36 AM ET

Kurt Warner?

May 4, 2008  09:38 AM ET

Somewhere, sometime, Chris Simms is going to be a Super Bowl winning QB and a lot of experts are going to look real stupid. This kid has unfairly gotten zero respect since graduating from Ramapo High School in New Jersey.

May 4, 2008  09:42 AM ET

Researched the cost. The Bucs spent a little over 8 million last year at the QB spot with a cap hit of 7 million.

May 4, 2008  09:42 AM ET

Ha! I am shocked that no one wanted Sims. If him & Gradkowski are your QBs you are in TROUBLE. Enjoy the early end to your season. Why would you want to trade for those 2 guys when you are better off drafting a QB somewhere in the draft and developing someone fresh?

May 4, 2008  09:52 AM ET

Gradkowski will be released.. Simms, if not still injured, has a chance to be a decent QB in the league - backup or whatever he has a hell of an arm and can win in the league. I am guessing that since Simms had no takers that he is still recovering from the Spleen injurey or may never fully recover in terms of being able to play in the NFL.

May 4, 2008  10:18 AM ET

What the HELL is the MMA thing underneath the soccer do-hobber to the right?

May 4, 2008  10:24 AM ET

Beer-n-Drums,
Ultimate fighting has arrived at FanNation.

May 4, 2008  10:39 AM ET

they should have took the 6th rounder. b/c the offers wont get higher as the season approaches

May 4, 2008  10:51 AM ET

Nobody wanted these bums.

May 4, 2008  10:53 AM ET

Its about time.

May 4, 2008  10:58 AM ET

Trade?? Try cut.

May 4, 2008  11:57 AM ET

They tried to pull a fast one telling everyone it was Phil and not Chris Simms !!!

May 4, 2008  12:25 PM ET

It almost worked, too.

May 4, 2008  12:50 PM ET

This kid played a game with a ruptured spleen. The Bucs should move or cut him if he's not gonna have a serious shot at the QB position..

May 4, 2008  12:58 PM ET

It is good that nobody wanted them.

 
May 4, 2008  12:58 PM ET

It almost worked, too.

lady Deathstrike | 05/04/08, 12:25 PM

it would have, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids

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