Gruden is holding onto Simms as some sort of personal vendetta, no doubt about that.

I don't see the Bears going after any of the big three (KJ, SA, or Henry) but I can see them adding some sort of boring veteran like Dayne, which you previously mentioned.

Every year the Eagles say they'll lighten Westbrook's workload and every year then lean heavily on him. His workload level will all depend on how Lorenzo Booker picks up the playbook I guess, but this won't affect my rankings in the least bit.

-Seems wrong when one team can claim a grievance on bonus $ that another team paid. IMO, the Plummer and Simms situations show Denver and Tampa to be among the more cut-throat regimes in the league.

-Chicago doesn't add veteran QB depth when the dearly need it, so why would they be expected to add depth at another key position?

-If I was a Westbrook owner, his knee, which seems to be an annual issue, would concern me more than competition from Booker.

In the case of Chicago adding veteran depth at RB, it would likely be because unlike QB, the current presumptive starter is a rookie.

I read the Simms article you linked Gregg and it does not sound like he's taking shots at his head coach. He's merely telling the truth about how he was thrown under the bus by his own head coach following a traumatic injury. If anything he's exposing Gruden for the ultra competitive, anything-to-win head coach he is.

Gruden is not holding on to Simms due to a personal vendetta. That is as ridiculous as it is provably wrong. He wanted to cut Simms after training camp last year, but was instructed by the Glazers not to. They have 5 years and millions of dollars invested in Simms and they have no obligation to release him as he's still being paid.

Apparently Gruden asked Simms if his horrible QB play had more to do with his mental state than his injury. While that may be insensitive, its a fair question and I think we will see that Gruden may be right. Simms has been physically cleared to play for a while and has not been able to put it together on the field.

Gruden is an "ultra competitive, anything-to-win head coach." Just like every other coach in the league. He would probably take that as a compliment. It isn't unusual for players to be shut out due to injuries in the NFL. Simms will have to take the millions of dollars he earned from the Bucs and move on. He's a victim of bad luck on the field, not of any wrong-doing by Gruden.

Finally, the Bucs traded a 7th for Plummer with the hopes of luring him out of retirement. At the time of the trade, the inside opinion was that he would report in order to avoid paying back the bonus money. The Bucs had a roster spot for him and wouldn't have traded for Griese if he had come back. They had the greivence as an isurance policy should he not report, but that hardly makes them more "cut-throat" than other teams.

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