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“The Red Zone” on SIRIUS NFL Radio, hosts Solomon Wilcots and Gil Brandt spoke with WR Joey Galloway, who was released today by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Host, Gil Brandt: “Was it a surprise to you because I still think you’ve still got a lot of gas left in your tank. You keep making those big plays and scoring TDs.”
Joey Galloway: “I wouldn’t say it was a surprise, especially with the way the season went for me last year in Tampa. I fully understand that when you sit down and start making business decisions that sometimes guys don’t fit into what you plan to do. So, as part of this business, today is my last day in Tampa and I’ll look for a new team.”
Host, Solomon Wilcots: “Do you plan to continue playing?”
Joey Galloway: “Absolutely. I feel great. Physically, at the end of last season, because I didn’t play a lot during that season, I came out probably as healthy as I’ve been in my 14 year career. So I’m pretty excited about what happens next. I’ve started working out, preparing myself, which I always do at this time of year. So I’m looking forward to it and I feel great physically, mentally. I’m looking forward to the new challenge. So we’ll see what happens.”
On the future of the Tampa Bay Bucs:
Joey Galloway: “I think Raheem Morris is a great coach. I think he is a very bright guy and I think he’s going to be great at it. I think that the people I know there in that organization and the players that I know that play for that team, I think they’re going to be a really good football team. It may not be next season. It may not be the season after but I think that is one of the teams that if you look and say ‘Ok, what team can get hot? What team can be that next great team?’ I would not be surprised at all if Tampa was to do it. They have great people there. Honestly, I’ve enjoyed my time there and I think they are all great people and I think they’ll be fine.”
On his future:
Joey Galloway: “I haven’t really had a chance to sit down and look around and think about teams. I’ve been fortunate to play for three great organizations in my career and as far as teams out there I’m just looking to play for somebody that hopefully wants to have a chance to win some football games, has a pretty good nucleus of veteran guys that are looking to go to the next level. So for me it’s not going to come down to certain coaches or maybe certain players. It’s going to come down to, I’d like to go to a team that’s looking to win something, heading in the right direction.”
Galloway: “Nobody’s out of the mix and that is one of the wonderful things about the NFL. Nobody would have picked the Cardinals to get to the Super Bowl. Each and every season it just seems like there are different teams that come out of nowhere and are able to become good football teams. So that makes it wide open and that makes it exciting for the fans, for the players, for the coaches, for everybody involved. It keeps it exciting. Believe me, I’ve been in it for 14 years and I have not caught on to that shooting star team yet so maybe this is my chance.”
“The Red Zone” on SIRIUS NFL Radio, hosts Solomon Wilcots and Gil Brandt spoke with WR Joey Galloway, who was released today by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Host, Gil Brandt: “Was it a surprise to you because I still think you’ve still got a lot of gas left in your tank. You keep making those big plays and scoring TDs.”
Joey Galloway: “I wouldn’t say it was a surprise, especially with the way the season went for me last year in Tampa. I fully understand that when you sit down and start making business decisions that sometimes guys don’t fit into what you plan to do. So, as part of this business, today is my last day in Tampa and I’ll look for a new team.”
Host, Solomon Wilcots: “Do you plan to continue playing?”
Joey Galloway: “Absolutely. I feel great. Physically, at the end of last season, because I didn’t play a lot during that season, I came out probably as healthy as I’ve been in my 14 year career. So I’m pretty excited about what happens next. I’ve started working out, preparing myself, which I always do at this time of year. So I’m looking forward to it and I feel great physically, mentally. I’m looking forward to the new challenge. So we’ll see what happens.”
On the future of the Tampa Bay Bucs:
Joey Galloway: “I think Raheem Morris is a great coach. I think he is a very bright guy and I think he’s going to be great at it. I think that the people I know there in that organization and the players that I know that play for that team, I think they’re going to be a really good football team. It may not be next season. It may not be the season after but I think that is one of the teams that if you look and say ‘Ok, what team can get hot? What team can be that next great team?’ I would not be surprised at all if Tampa was to do it. They have great people there. Honestly, I’ve enjoyed my time there and I think they are all great people and I think they’ll be fine.”
On his future:
Joey Galloway: “I haven’t really had a chance to sit down and look around and think about teams. I’ve been fortunate to play for three great organizations in my career and as far as teams out there I’m just looking to play for somebody that hopefully wants to have a chance to win some football games, has a pretty good nucleus of veteran guys that are looking to go to the next level. So for me it’s not going to come down to certain coaches or maybe certain players. It’s going to come down to, I’d like to go to a team that’s looking to win something, heading in the right direction.”
Galloway: “Nobody’s out of the mix and that is one of the wonderful things about the NFL. Nobody would have picked the Cardinals to get to the Super Bowl. Each and every season it just seems like there are different teams that come out of nowhere and are able to become good football teams. So that makes it wide open and that makes it exciting for the fans, for the players, for the coaches, for everybody involved. It keeps it exciting. Believe me, I’ve been in it for 14 years and I have not caught on to that shooting star team yet so maybe this is my chance.”
