| Jeff Garcia reaches deal with Tampa Bay Bucs |
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| Written by Steven Hastings | |||||||
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Saturday, 03 March 2007
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 Former Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jeff Garcia has agreed to a deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Terms of the deal were not made available at press time. BetUS.com has made the Tampa Bay Buccaneers +8000 (Bet $100 to win $8,000) to win Super Bowl XLII in Arizona.Jeff Garcia was one of the hotter commodities in the free agent market after taking over for the injured Donovan McNabb in Philly. Garcia was able to take the Philadelphia Eagles from a 5-5 record to the NFC East title this past season finishing with 10 touchdowns and just two interceptions. After five productive years in San Francisco, Garcia bounced around struggling at Cleveland and Detroit before finally excelling in the "City of Brotherly Love". Philadelphia decided to re-sign younger reserve quarterback A.J. Feeley instead of paying Garcia the money he was looking for to return. The Buccaneers completed a trade for Denver quarterback Jake Plummer. Plummer advised team officials he was considering retirement. Tampa coach Jon Gruden and others tried to convince him to reconsider, but it is still not known whether he'll play again. Plummer led Denver to the AFC Championship game just 15 months ago but performed poorly in a loss to Pittsburgh. He continued to struggle in the fall and was supplanted by Broncos prospect Jay Cutler. The signings leave Tampa Bay with four quarterbacks on their roster with significant experience as starters. Chris Simms is recovering from a splenectomy that was performed last fall after he was hurt early in the season. Despite the injury, Tampa Bay signed him to a new contract last December. Bruce Gradkowski, also still under contract, started 13 games in his rookie season after Simms was hurt. BetUS.com has posted betting odds to win Super Bowl XLII in Arizona: Indianapolis Colts: +550 New England Patriots: +1000 San Diego Chargers: +500 Pittsburgh Steelers: +1500 Cincinnati Bengals: +1400 Denver Broncos: +2000 Seattle Seahawks: +2000 Kansas City Chiefs: +4000 Carolina Panthers: +2000 Dallas Cowboys: +2000 Washington Redskins: +5000 New York Giants: +3000 Chicago Bears: +1000 Philadelphia Eagles: +1500 Jacksonville Jaguars: +3000 Minnesota Vikings: +8000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: +8000 Atlanta Falcons: +4000 Miami Dolphins: +5000 Baltimore Ravens: +1400 Oakland Raiders: +15000 St. Louis Rams: +5000 Buffalo Bills: +6000 Cleveland Browns: +10000 Detroit Lions: +15000 Arizona Cardinals: +6000 New York Jets: +3000 Green Bay Packers: +6000 Houston Texans: +10000 Tennessee Titans: +4000 San Francisco 49ers: +4000 New Orleans Saints: +1400                        |
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