Saturday, August 30, 2008

Cowboys free to call Chris Simms

by Tim MacMahon

As expected, Tampa Bay cut QB Chris Simms, making him an unrestricted free agent.

Jerry Jones said on draft day that the Cowboys would be interested in a young, experienced QB to groom behind Tony Romo. A story in the St. Petersburg Times mentioned that Simms hoped to hear from the Cowboys and Packers after getting cut.

The Cowboys are confident in soon-to-be-40 Brad Johnson as Romo's backup, but a third QB would definitely seem to have more value than, say, an 11th offensive lineman.