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Defensive end Simeon Rice was cut by the Buccaneers at the outset of training camp. Eventually he signed with the Broncos.

But now he wishes that he hadn't.

Asked whether he is regretting the decision, Rice told the Rocky Mountain News: "At this point I am. My energy and purpose is to play and be the best. I'm not suiting up week to week and I don't have any plain, concise answers."

Coach Mike Shanahan says that Rice didn't dress for the October 7 game against the Chargers because Rice's shoulder was "about 80 percent" and "it was in our best interest to go in a different direction."

Rice disagrees, and doesn't sound very happy.

"I'm really just trying to lock myself in and just make it through the year because I have no idea why I've been brought here -- at all," he said. "Things have been said. Things have been promised. Things have been told. And I'm at the point where I'm ready to perform and help this team out. They don't have anything like me on this defense. But it is what it is."

To the extent that Rice is ready to help, he apparently won't get a chance to do so on Sunday night against the Steelers. Rice says that he already has been told that he won't be activated.

"I've been brought here to rehab," he said.

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