[Tampa Bay Buccaneers News]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Should Jeff Garcia get hurt or perform poorly early this season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who during the offseason seemed to be stockpiling signal callers, could find themselves in another quarterback quandary.

Uncertainty surrounds the health of Chris Simms, who entered last season as the starter but has since slid down the depth chart. Simms has a 7-8 career record as a starter, including 0-3 last season... In backing up Garcia, the Bucs could turn to Bruce Gradkowski, who had a 3-8 record while starting last season as a rookie or Luke McCown, who has not started a game since 2004, when he went 0-4 for the Cleveland Browns.

Tampa Bay faces, of all things, a quarterback shortage - USATODAY.com

[Lefty Noob]

It seems silly, considering how many guys they have under contract. But is Garcia were to go down - Simms is injured and Plummer's inactive/retired. So it doesn't seem like they're all that strong at the position still, although I think highly of Gradkowski. He's got a lot of potential.

[Be Da Bear]

As short as they will at QB, I still think that the Bucs will cut Simms before the season starts. I hear Simms in intervews, and you can tell he doing a bunch of spin in them. Saying too much of the right things imo is never a good thing.

[bears9]

There is a shortage in Tampa Garcia but after that Sims is having Spleen issues i don't trust Gradkowski or McCown and Plummer ain't coming back

[ThePundit]

They're going to cut Simms? Wow. There will be plenty of teams who will be glad to have him.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

They're going to cut Simms? Wow. There will be plenty of teams who will be glad to have him.

There's some issue as to whether he'll be medically cleared to play in 2007, so he may get cut and sit out a year.

[suedon70]

From recent reports I've read from Bucs camp, McKown is playing his way into the #2 spot for now. But I would still be leery of having to depend on he or Gradkowski if Garcia goes down with an injury.