The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are trying to find Tom Brady’s alternative.
Their choices aren’t nice with a quarterback battle between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask.
In keeping with the Tampa Bay Instances, the beginning quarterback is listed as Mayfield “OR” Trask on the staff’s first unofficial depth chart.
Mayfield will begin Friday’s preseason sport, and Trask will begin the following exhibition sport.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady jogs off the sphere after a sport in opposition to the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium in Houston. (Troy Taormina/USA In the present day Sports activities/File Picture)
The battle is underwhelming, and lots of count on the Bucs to overlook out on the playoffs for the primary time for the reason that 2019 season, the final earlier than Brady flew south from New England.
However there’s a silver lining to dropping the GOAT, says head coach Todd Bowles.
Showing on NFL Community, Bowles mentioned he senses rather less stress on his group now that Brady is retired.
“It permits some guys to unencumber, particularly the youthful guys who in all probability simply wished to run behind the older guys after which not mess up versus simply taking part in the sport they know learn how to play,” Bowles mentioned.
“They’re saying the fitting issues. They know our expectations are the identical, but it surely’s slightly completely different ‘cause it’s not as a lot fanfare.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady will get pumped up previous to a sport in opposition to the Carolina Panthers at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Jan 1, 2023. (Kim Klement/USA In the present day Sports activities)
“So, you focus extra on contained in the constructing, and also you by no means take a look at the surface of the constructing. Earlier than, you may take a look at the surface and also you’re on each channel. Now, you’re trying on the exterior and also you’re not on any channel. So It helps from a close-knit standpoint contained in the constructing — that they get nearer collectively.”
Cameras adopted the Bucs rather more carefully the final three seasons, and so they caught Tampa Bay successful the 2021 Tremendous Bowl, capping Brady’s first season with the staff. It was his seventh title.
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However the speedy future does not look shiny, it doesn’t matter what type of media stress is on the staff.
Trask, a second-rounder out of Florida in 2021, backed up Brady every of the final two seasons. When Brady introduced his retirement “for good” in February, it appeared Trask would have a shot at changing into the starter.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Kyle Trask (2) watches quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) throughout the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offseason exercises Could 30, 2023, on the AdventHealth Coaching Heart at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
Tampa Bay signed 2018 first total choose Mayfield in March to a one-year deal, formally opening a contest.
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Trask has simply 9 profession passing makes an attempt, all of which got here in Week 18 final season. Mayfield spent final 12 months beginning a mixed 10 video games for the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams and hasn’t fairly lived as much as his draft inventory.
In 69 profession begins (72 video games) with the Cleveland Browns, Panthers and Rams, Mayfield is 31-38 with a 61.4 completion proportion, 16,288 yards, 102 touchdowns and 64 interceptions.
