Dallas Won’t Give Mid-Rounder For Simms

Since the Cowboys released Terry Glenn last week, I kind of thought the whole Chris Simms to Dallas plan had fizzled out. Apparently, the Cowboys are still interested in Simms. Just not interested enough to give up much of anything for him.

The Dallas Cowboys remain interested in trading for quarterback Chris Simms if the Bucs will lower their asking price of a mid-round pick.

The Cowboys are believed to have communicated their interest in Simms last May but the Bucs have insisted on a third or fourth-round pick.

Essentially, Bruce Allen is gambling that a quarterback will get hurt in training camp and that team will be willing to give up a third or fourth rounder to get Simms right away. If that doesn't happen, Simms will probably get released outright and the Bucs will get nothing for him. If Simms had kept his mouth shut and that scenario happened, the team would have suffered a bit of a PR hit for making him wait around on a team everyone knew he would be leaving. But since he blasted the coach and made himself sound like a bitch, most everyone is just tired of hearing about him anymore.

You also have to think that if Simms had handled things differently, the Bucs would take whatever they could get for him and trade him to Dallas right away out of kindness. When Simms is finally off the team, you can bet he's going to get in some parting zingers. It's pretty personal now.