December 25th, 2008 
Matt Loede 
Posted in From: St. Petersburg Times
Buccaneers QB Jeff Garcia can’t ignore the facts: Sunday’s game could be his last in a Tampa Bay uniform. “I can’t deny that has definitely crossed my mind being that I’ll be a free agent when the season is complete for us,” Garcia said today. “I hope it’s not my last game as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. I hope that if things work out the way that I would wish for them to work out, then you won’t see me just one last time. But because it’s the last game on the schedule, I would like to go out and have a great day and enjoy the day. Because the way things are, it may be my last game.”
But Garcia knows whether he returns is not up to him but largely dependent on the decision of a coach he has not seen eye to eye with: Jon Gruden. “What has happened outside of football, to me, is water under the bridge,” Garcia said. “I’ve moved on. I’ve enjoyed playing the game with this group of teammates I have here in Tampa. . . I’ve really enjoyed being here and I’m very open to the idea of coming back to this team. But whether that happens or not is not for me to say. But what I’m concentrating on right now is trying to be the best quarterback I can be for this last game.”
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