Gruden seeks to woo Plummer
He hopes for a face-to-face session to get the ex-Bronco quarterback to join training camp.
By RICK STROUD
Published March 27, 2007
PHOENIX - The Bucs plan to keep pressuring quarterback Jake Plummer into changing his mind about retirement and hopefully convince him to report to training camp.
Coach Jon Gruden said Monday he would like to schedule a face-to-face meeting with the former Broncos quarterback. Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen are in Phoenix for the NFL owners meetings this week. Plummer played at nearby Arizona State in Tempe, but Gruden said he isn't sure where or when a meeting might occur.
"We're trying to hook up with him to see if we'll have some opportunities to sit down with him face-to-face,"' Gruden said.
"Jake Plummer is hanging in the balance right now."
Despite Plummer's announcement of his retirement on his Web site and at an impromptu news conference in Denver, Gruden said the 32-year-old quarterback still is considering playing next season. Plummer has not submitted retirement papers to the NFL office.
The Bucs would like to at least have Plummer report to training camp, perhaps hoping the competition with Jeff Garcia and Chris Simms would take over. If Plummer was released under that scenario, the Bucs might not go after his $7-million pro-rated signing bonus.
The Bucs traded a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2008 to the Broncos in exchange for the rights to Plummer. That pick becomes a seventh rounder if Plummer does not play in 2007.
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