Being on the DL and knowing that you are not coming back the rest of the season is not fun at all, ... It was a really tough pill to swallow. Not being able to go on the road trips [stinks]. It's rough.

I've been ready for spring training since the day after last season ended. It was extremely frustrating to have to sit on the bench and watch for the last five weeks. I never want to have that happen again.

We won't look another team all season long. Not for the rest of the season.

[Chris Simms will control the Bucs' playoff hopes for the rest of the season.] I've been out there a few times, ... I know what I'm doing.

That was the plan coming into the season, to get off to a good start and once we get into the division, to play every game hard.

One of the difficulties of not knowing for so long whether we were doing a fifth season or not was that we weren't really allowed to go out shopping for work.