The job is thankless. Because you can only lose as a successor to Tom Brady.
But of course the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have to move on after the retirement of the quarterback superstar, especially in the position of playmaker. The Bucs don’t want to rely on Kyle Trask alone, even though the former second-round pick has been learning behind Brady for two years now.
Instead, a veteran is to come in the Free Agency, which will start next week. And according to the NFL Network, the Buccaneers already have a specific successor in mind: Baker Mayfield.
While there seems to be a lot of support for Trask in the Bucs, Mayfield is said to be brought to Florida as a possible number one quarterback to go head-to-head with Trask in the offseason. The teams can officially negotiate from Monday, and free agency officially begins on Wednesday.
Baker Mayfield: An eventful NFL career
At 27, Mayfield can already look back on an eventful NFL career. He was selected first overall by the Cleveland Browns in 2018 and led the previously chronically unsuccessful team to the playoffs for the first time since 2002 in the 2020 season.
Before last season, however, he was fired from court in Cleveland and switched to the Carolina Panthers. Things didn’t really go well for him there either, which is why he asked to be released. For the remaining five games of the season he represented the Los Angeles Rams for the injured Matthew Stafford, winning two games.