http://youtu.be/2RCHLm4hYMs
The year was 2007, the last time the Bucs were a playoff team. Coming off a disasterous 2006 year, the Bucs resigned new coaches including bringing back Raheem Morris as DBs coach. The biggest disaster of 06 was not having a QB, something that Jon Gruden never really had in Tampa. He brought in Jeff Garcia past his prime, but Garcia had one more good year in him.
In this game you see what a healthy Cadillac Williams, Garcia, Galloway and Clayton could have done together. Offset with Earnest Graham, this would have been a good team. In a few weeks Starting left Tackle and tailback would be a major concern after injuries.
We’ll never know how Garcia would have fared in 08 had the Brett Favre situation ever unfolded. Everyone thought for sure Favre would come to the Bucs, but instead Green Bay shipped him to the Jets. Garcia never got over it and was benched.
In the end, the 07 Bucs clinched the playoffs so early, they had 3 games to rest their starters. Even still, Joey Galloway was hurt in San Francisco playing in a meaningless game, was ineffective in the playoffs as a decoy. Galloway would never be the same player again either after three consecutive 1000 yard seasons.
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