Defensive end Simeon Rice, released by the Bucs for failing a physical, said he passed a battery of exams administered by renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola last weekend and has been cleared to play this season.
“With flying colors,†Rice said by telephone Tuesday.
Rice said in addition to a physical exam, Andrews performed X-rays and an MRI exam on his surgically repaired left shoulder. “It was all 100 percent,†Rice said. “Dr. Andrews said, ‘What kind of physical did you take down there?’ I told him they just checked for my mobility in the shoulder and said I failed. He said, ‘They didn’t even test you for any kind of structure in the shoulder?’”
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