A spleen.

 He gets any kind of playing time who really knows ?
   He is on a new team new system there is more questions then answers with him !
   Anyone who offers any kind of comment of what he brings to denver strictly answers
  on his past preformance which was spent mostly riding the bench in TB . A couple
 of years ago he saw some spot duty due to the injury of the starting QB . I will admit
   he preformed well in the few games he played and the team just missed the
  playoffs on a heartbreaking dropped pass in the endzone . That being said I think the
 team he had around him was solid at that time , and that I dont think that should be
 any indication of how he will preform now especially with the injury { spleen } and
the lack of experience because of infrequent playing time .

Sounds like a better fit with the raiders. I bet Darth Al laps him up next year.

is bargaining power for the FO. With Ramsey, Cutler always knew the Broncos really had no other options. With Simms on board there is a real threat that the Broncos may be willing to move on if Jay tries to hold out. Simms doesn’t have the skill set that Cutler has, but he has more experience. He has been to the playoffs (something Cutler hasn’t); he has won must win games (something else cutler hasn’t done).

Nobody knows how well Simms may or may not do, but Cutler/Cook probably can’t afford to find out.

is that his coach is Josh McDaniels. McDaniels was able to take a virtually talentless guy who hadn’t played a game of football since high school and turned him into a elite QB in a year. If he can do that with Simms than we should be happy.

If we lose Cutler (gulp!) then should we look to bring another veteran FA. Best one available appears to be Leftwich. He is 24-22 career as an NFL starter. Career passer rating of around 80. 29 years old. Strong arm but immobile in the pocket.

Lions beat reporter Tom Kowalski writes that he’s “more and more convinced” Detroit will take a left tackle No. 1 overall.

Kowalski says it’ll be Eugene Monroe or Jason Smith, likely based on which is willing to take a cheaper contract. Kowalski doesn’t think the Lions are sold on Matt Stafford and expects them to make a run at Jay Cutler on draft day. Cutler would at least cost Detroit its second first-round pick (No. 20).

but i stumbled on it while reading a story from jay glazer. this piece comes from his blog, dated august 2007.

Quarterback Chris Simms was trying to explain to me exactly what his body is going through in returning from a ruptured spleen and last year’s season-ending surgery.

Simms said when he needs to throw to his first target, he’s fine and his body has no problem following his mind’s orders. But when he needs to check off that first read and find a second or third target, his body simply tells his mind to get lost.

"I know where I’m supposed to go, but my body is resisting," he said. "It’s only when I have to turn and throw to someone other than my primary target. It’s hard to explain exactly why, but it’s like my body just won’t let me do it yet. I’ll eventually be able to, but I just have to be patient and wait until that happens. I hope the Bucs are patient too."

i’d be interested to hear how his state today compares to then.

chris simms brings about as much as cry baby brought when everybody was running jake out of denver. pro bowl quarterback how far did that take denver .i think we all know that answer