Sound weird?
It is.
The Bucs are attempting to recoup $7 million from quarterback Jake Plummer, who has never played a down for Tampa Bay, who refused to be traded from Denver to the Bucs, and who has never given any indication other than that he never wants to play football again.
Go figure.
Plummer is headed to New York Wednesday for a sit-down at NFL headquarters that will determine whether the team can collect more than $7 mil from him. Complicated? You bet.
The Bucs are seeking to recover the prorated portion of a signing bonus paid to Plummer when he renegotiated his contract in 2005. That contract was renegotiated when Plummer played for the Broncos. Now the Bucs, who technically own his rights because of the trade, are looking to collect the money.
Stranger than all that? There is the expectation that Plummer might actually have to pay up because of the language in his contract.
And if Tampa wins, they'd not only get the money, but $7 mil in salary cap relief.