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Galloway pronounces himself fit for duty

Posted Jun 5, 2008 by Ira Kaufman

Updated Jun 5, 2008 at 12:22 PM

TAMPA—Veteran WR Joey Galloway said he has recovered fully from off-season surgery to repair a left shoulder injury that rendered him ineffective in Tampa Bay’s playoff loss to the Giants.

“It’s fine, it’s ready to go,’’ the 36-year-old speedster said following Thursday’s OTA session. “I have a lot of confidence in our medical staff here. It was pretty smooth and the rehab was pretty smooth.’’

Galloway injured his shoulder at San Francisco Dec. 23 and he was limited to only one catch for nine yards two weeks later in a 24-14 loss to the Giants that ended Tampa Bay’s season.

Galloway’s fourth career postseason game left him thoroughly frustrated before he underwent surgery to repair some tearing in the labrum and rotator cuff.

“It would be hard for me to explain,’’ he said. “A lot of people saw the exchange between me and coach (Jon Gruden) at the end of the game and sort of made that into something between me and him—when really it was something between me and myself. I was disappointed in the way it ended. To have to go into the biggest game of my career and not be able to go the way I wanted to is sort of hard to put into words. To have it end the way it did is tough to explain. You have to deal with it and move on. I knew it (shoulder) wasn’t going to be good leading up to the game. The way you can go to bed at night is if you can look back and say I gave it everything I had. I gave it what I had and it wasn’t good enough.’’

QB Jeff Garcia, entering the final season of his two-year deal, continues to participate in the voluntary OTA sessions, while expressing dissatisfaction with the pace of contract negotiations.

“We all understand the business of the game,‘’ Galloway said. “As much as you see in the papers about what he’s saying, Jeff’s out here working as hard as anyone, so it hasn’t disrupted anything we’ve done on the field. We know he’s a winner and how badly he wants to win. He realizes it’s sort of a two-sided coin. It’s part business and it’s part that you have to come and play the game. He’s been here every day and worked extremely hard.’’

Galloway was asked what would happen if Garcia fails to report for training camp in seven weeks.

“We would be disappointed If he’s not there, but we would understand if he’s not there,’’ Galloway said. “As far as changing the offense, we’ve shown since I’ve been here that we’ve played two or three quarterbacks a season. I don’t know who would be the second or third guy, but whoever it is, we will go about our business the same way we always have.’’

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Por (todd) on June 05, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Sounds good, Galloway seems to be alright. They need to fix Jeff’s contract really soon.