Aug 30th 2008 8:31PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Buccaneers, NFC SouthThe Chris Simms era (if you want to call it that) in Tampa Bay has officially come to an end as the Buccaneers released the sixth-year veteran, as reported by Rick Stroud at the St. Petersburg Times.

Simms hasn’t thrown a pass in a regular season game since week three of the 2006 season when he suffered a ruptured spleen.

As Stroud reports, Simms had been trying to convince Tampa Bay management to let him go throughout training camp, only to be refused due to the teams desire to seemingly carry as many quarterbacks as humanly possible at a given time (Actually, they were just hoping to trade him). The Buccaneers will enter the 2008 season with Jeff Garcia, Brian Griese, Luke McCown and Josh Johnson on their roster, one of the few teams in the NFL to carry four quarterbacks.

So, where does Simms go from here?Continue Reading