Despite Raheem The Dream's constant sales pitch the past three months, the Bucs may be on the verge of releasing quarterback Josh Johnson.

At this point, after hearing the utter nonsense that has been coming out of Raheem The Dream’s yap the past three months, Joe doesn’t know what to believe. So take the following with a grain of salt.

Vacation Man of BSPN.com reports that the Bucs, per general manager Mark Dominik, will only take four of their current five quarterbacks into training camp this July. Vacation Man was first to report (that Joe had read) that the Bucs weren’t “enamored” with Josh Johnson, despite the constant sales pitch by Raheem The Dream that Johnson is some sort of secret weapon to be  unleashed upon the NFL.

The Bucs also are expected to take Luke McCown and Byron Leftwich to training camp along with either veteran Brian Griese or second-year pro Josh Johnson.

“Our plan would really be for [Freeman] to compete,” Dominik said. “We’d like him to be in the mix with the four quarterbacks we take to camp and let him let his talent show. I understand he’s 21 and I’ve seen it where it helps when they sit and I saw last year where guys played themselves on the football field. But I do realize he’s a young quarterback and, ideally, you like those guys to at least learn a little bit how to prepare and get caught up to the game. We’ll see how it goes through the preseason.”

Gee, all this time Raheem The Dream — and players — sang the praises of Josh Johnson and now he’s about to be kicked to the curb. Just like Derrick Brooks and Warrick Dunn. Strange.

As Joe wrote Saturday, he still thinks the odd man out is Son of Bob. Just follow the money.