Josh McCown not ready to retirePosted by Mike Florio on December 23, 2014, 2:18 PM EST
While it’s unclear whether the decision represents good news or bad news for Tampa fans, it’s news regardless.Buccaneers quarterback and friend of PFT (who may not be a friend of PFT after the crack in the opening line to this article) Josh McCown will be back in 2015.“You know what, I try to approach every one of them that way, just so that you get the value, you enjoy the moment, and you know, you get everything out of every game,” McCown said, via JoeBucsFan.com. “I don’t know if it’s at that point yet. Obviously, right now, at this point in the season, and your body’s tired and all those things. But once you get away from it, it kind of resets things. I feel good. My plan right now is to keep playing.”After a great performance in 2013 as the injury replacement for Jay Cutler in Chicago, McCown signed a two-year, $10 million deal with the Buccaneers. He began the season as the starter, but a thumb injury put him out for several weeks. The ineffectiveness of Mike Glennon resulted in McCown returning to the lineup.For the year, McCown has 2,091 passing yards in 10 games, with 10 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions. It’s a far cry from his 13 touchdowns against one pick in 2013, but keep in mind that the Bucs lost their offensive coordinator not long before the start of the regular season and had to get by without one the entire year.Maybe next year they can hire Marc Trestman, the possibly-soon-to-be-former Bears coach who replaced Lovie Smith in Tampa. If Trestman can do with McCown in 2015 what Trestman did with McCown in 2013, the Bucs could run away with the division.
