Are The Bucs Keeping Simms Hostage?

Buccaneers quarterback Chris Simms feels like a hostage in Tampa Bay.

“I feel like I’m being held hostage,” Simms said. “I hate that all this has happened. I love Tampa. My family loves it here. But I’ve been quiet long enough. I feel like it’s time to let everybody know why I’m not out there. I know for a fact I’m not in their plans. I don’t understand the hold up at this point. When Bruce Gradkowski got cut last week, Bruce Allen told him it was because there’s not enough reps in practice for every quarterback. It’s a crappy situation.”“How can I look [Gruden] in the eye when I know he wanted me cut last year,” Simms continued to say. “He did not want me to be part of the team and I have a lot of resentment about that. Nine or 10 months after a serious injury, I put my life on the line, it was the most serious injury they’ve ever been associated with, I worked as hard as I could to get back and he wasn’t even going to give me a full year.”

Come on Gruden, just release him already. You don’t like him and you don’t need him so let him go. Simms actually has the talent to become a decent starter in the NFL but he’ll never get another opportunity with Gruden and the Bucs.