That Brett Favre-to-Tampa Bay talk looked set to heat up once again when it was reported Thursday morning that Bucs starting quarterback Jeff Garcia had been carted off the field with a leg injury.
The Tampa Tribune is now reporting that the injury, to Garcia's calf, is not believed to be serious, though you have to wonder if it will get head coach Jon Gruden and GM Bruce Allen thinking.
Garcia played generally well last season, but he's 38 and missed a handful of games due to injury during his first season in Tampa. Brian Griese, Luke McCown, and Chris Simms are all nominally vying for backup duties behind Garcia, but due to the team's selection of intriguing project Josh Johnson (San Diego) in the fifth round of the April draft, it would seem that two members of the Griese/McCown/Simms triumvirate will be odd-men-out if they fail to nail down backup duties. (Simms, who has publicly fueded with Gruden, has as much a chance of winning a job as I do.)
Thus, though the Bucs might look to be deep at the QB position at present, they could end up with a depth chart including two journeyman 30-something quarterbacks (both of whom have an injury history), and a rookie who isn't ready to play.
Favre might be pushing 40, but he's also more durable and dependable than any QB the team currently employs. Could Thursday morning's events spark a re-evaluation of the depth chart in Tampa?
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Favre stinks
I think so. After consulting with a Los Angeles injury lawyer I think he's even got a case.
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