The_Philster
07-16-2003, 07:17 PM
The backup QB hasn't recovered from shoulder surgery as the Bucs start training camp.
TAMPA - Veteran quarterback Jim Miller will not be ready for two-a-day practices when training camp starts Saturday and could be out for the first two months of the season.
Miller's right shoulder, which had rotator cuff surgery Jan. 7, has suffered a setback, and the Bucs may be forced to place the free-agent acquisition on the physically unable to perform list, coach Jon Gruden said Tuesday.
By league rules it could sideline Miller, 32, the first nine games of the season. That likely would leave Shaun King to back up starter Brad Johnson, with unsigned rookie Chris Simms No. 3 on the depth chart....
more (http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/16/Bucs/Miller_may_miss_start.shtml)
TAMPA - Veteran quarterback Jim Miller will not be ready for two-a-day practices when training camp starts Saturday and could be out for the first two months of the season.
Miller's right shoulder, which had rotator cuff surgery Jan. 7, has suffered a setback, and the Bucs may be forced to place the free-agent acquisition on the physically unable to perform list, coach Jon Gruden said Tuesday.
By league rules it could sideline Miller, 32, the first nine games of the season. That likely would leave Shaun King to back up starter Brad Johnson, with unsigned rookie Chris Simms No. 3 on the depth chart....
more (http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/16/Bucs/Miller_may_miss_start.shtml)