<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bucs-news-oc-praises-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-qb-1-announcement');   ga('set', 'title', 'OC praises both Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask amid Buccaneers QB 1 announcement');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kyle-trask-baker-mayfield-dave-canales-bucs-quarterback-bucs.jpg"></figure><h1>OC praises both Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask amid Buccaneers QB 1 announcement</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-24T13:39:57-07:00">August 24th, 1:39pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-24T13:39:57-07:00">August 24th, 1:39pm</time><address><a>Jack Deignan</a>Jack Deignan is an artist of many mediums who grew up playing every sport under the sun, contributing to his extreme passion for all major US sports today. He split his youth between the cities of Chicago and Cleveland before receiving his undergraduate degree in English and Film &amp; TV from UCLA. When not following and writing about sports, Jack loves to make music, design, write stories and try new things.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Baker Mayfield <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-baker-mayfield-sounds-off-winning-tampa-bay-qb1-job" rel="noopener">was recently announced as the</a> top dog in the quarterback room for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over Kyle Trask. Despite Trask losing the competition, Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bucs-oc-dave-canales-i-couldnt-feel-any-better-about-our-qb-situation" rel="noopener">believes that both quarterbacks are</a> starting caliber talents in the NFL, reports ProFootballTalk’s Myles Simmons.</p><p>“[A] little bit there in the middle of camp, Kyle [Trask] showed he’s the real deal. Baker [Mayfield] felt the heat and had a couple of days where it wasn’t quite sharp. He turned it around, had a fantastic first preseason game with a couple drives — took us down, had a touchdown, the communication was smooth. Then he just kind of settled right in for that following week leading up to the [New York] Jets, showing up in that practice and [it was] just really like a good feeling like, ‘We’re settled here with this guy.'”</p><p>Canales emphasizes that both Mayfield and Trask have shown in training camp and preseason that they can lead this offense, and the competition simply brought the best out of both guys. He goes on to emphasize that having the talent that the Bucs do in their quarterback room is really just a blessing.</p><p>“We’re fortunate, going into this thing, that we didn’t just name a starter going into it without giving Kyle a chance to show what he can do, because I think he earned a lot of respect in the locker room, on the coaching staff, in the fanbase for Bucs fans out there to see Kyle is real — he is the real deal. I couldn’t feel any better about our quarterback situation going into Week One.”</p><p>Bucs fans are going to love these sentiments from Dave Canales and can have more confidence in Baker Mayfield now that there is such grand respect for Kyle Trask. Everything now remains to be seen until the NFL regular season to see if the Bucs made the right decision at quarterback.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

OC praises both Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask amid Buccaneers QB 1 announcement

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-qb1-decision-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles makes final QB1 decision between Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Thumbs-1-5.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles makes final QB1 decision between Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-22T08:17:51-07:00">August 22nd, 8:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-22T08:17:51-07:00">August 22nd, 8:17am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have officially named Tom Brady’s successor. Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles announced Baker Mayfield as the team’s <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1693997568928391592" rel="noopener">starting quarterback</a> on Tuesday, beating out third-year signal-caller Kyle Trask.</p><p>It was widely expected that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-baker-mayfields-brutally-honest-admission-on-replacing-tom-brady" rel="noopener">Mayfield would be the starter</a> upon his signing a one-year contract with Tampa Bay in March. The veteran has been a successful starter in the NFL before, though he’s struggled over the last two seasons.</p><p>The Buccaneers will be the fourth different team that Mayfield starts a game for over the span of three seasons. He showed enough in four starts with the Los Angeles Rams last season to warrant another shot after being released by the Carolina Panthers earlier in the year.</p><p>Mayfield went 1-3 as the Rams’ starter last season, completing 63.6 percent of his passes for 850 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. Overall, Mayfield had a 79 passer rating in 12 games (10 starts) in 2022, which ranked 30th out of 33 qualified quarterbacks.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-speaks-long-wait-tampa-bays-qb-battle-result" rel="noopener">The Buccaneers’ plan for Trask</a> to become the starting QB following Brady’s retirement has not come to fruition. He was given an opportunity to earn the job this summer but ultimately did not do enough to beat out Baker Mayfield. Given the way Mayfield played last season, Trask could see some time as the Bucs’ starter in 2023.</p><p>Perhaps Kyle Trask got the short end of the stick by having to go through a battle in camp, but nothing is given in the NFL. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-odds-tampa-bay-buccaneers-betting-specials-for-2023" rel="noopener">Buccaneers also have a great opportunity</a> to return to the postseason in a wide-open NFC South. Having the right man under center can go a long way in making that happen.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles makes final QB1 decision between Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-update-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask');   ga('set', 'title', 'Todd Bowles offers another murky update on Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask competition');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Todd-Bowles-offers-another-murky-update-on-Baker-Mayfield-Kyle-Trask-competition.jpg"></figure><h1>Todd Bowles offers another murky update on Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask competition</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-20T07:53:35-07:00">August 20th, 7:53am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-20T07:53:35-07:00">August 20th, 7:53am</time><address><a>Gerard Angelo Samillano</a>Gerard is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, with his focus primarily on the NBA, NFL, and Gaming. When he's not writing for CP, Gerard can often be seen playing VALORANT or playing pick-up basketball. He's also working on his BS Mathematics degree.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Who will be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-speaks-long-wait-tampa-bays-qb-battle-result" rel="noopener">starting quarterback in Week 1</a>? That’s the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-buccaneers-insider-shoots-down-report-tabbing-baker-mayfield-as-week-1-starting-qb" rel="noopener"> question</a> that’s on everyone’s minds right now. It seems like a bit of a hard question, with the two choices being Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask. Amid a tumultuous off-season for both parties, coach Todd Bowles<a href="https://twitter.com/Sara_Walsh/status/1693247886039851256" rel="noopener"> offered an update</a> of sorts on the QB situation, per Sarah Walsh.</p><p>“With no decision made on qb yet, Todd Bowles said in this final week of competition he wants to see Mayfield/Trask continue to master the offense and “drive the car.” #GoBucs #nflnetwork”</p><p>It’s never going to be easy making a pick at quarterback after having the best QB of all-time the year prior. Tom Brady led the Buccaneers to new heights, but his retirement has thrown the team into disarray. Because of his retirement, the team had to scramble to find a new signal-caller for the 2023 season.</p><p>With that in mind, the Buccaneers signed ex-Browns and Rams QB Baker Mayfield to join their QB room. Mayfield struggled heavily in his final season in Cleveland, as well as his stints in Carolina and the Rams. However, we know that the QB is capable of leading his team to significant success. It’s just a matter of putting things together at the right place and time.</p><p>Meanwhile, Kyle Trask has been sitting behind Brady for around two years now. While the Buccaneers QB hasn’t seen a lot of playing time on the field, he’s been learning the offense behind close doors. Who will win this competition for the starting QB’s job?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Todd Bowles offers another murky update on Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask competition

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-todd-bowles-updates-timeline-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers’ Todd Bowles updates timeline for starting QB decision between Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Todd-Bowles-updates-timeline-for-starting-QB-decision-between-Baker-Mayfield-Kyle-Trask.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers’ Todd Bowles updates timeline for starting QB decision between Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-12T07:57:05-07:00">August 12th, 7:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-12T07:57:05-07:00">August 12th, 7:57am</time><address><a>Anthony Riccobono</a>Anthony Riccobono has been a sports reporter for over a decade. He primarily covers the NFL, MLB and NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles will continue to take his time before naming Baker Mayfield or Kyle Trask the starting quarterback. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-tampa-bay-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-preseason-starter" rel="noopener">Baker Mayfield got the start</a> Friday in the Buccaneers’ preseason opener. Trask will start in the second preseason game against the New York Jets. It remains to be seen if Bowles will make a decision before the preseason ends.</p><p>Bowles <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLSTROUD/status/1690350001086459905">will determine</a> the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-offers-update-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-qb1-battle" rel="noopener"> Buccaneers’ starting quarterback</a> for its Week 3 preseason game after watching Mayfield and Trask against the Jets, according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. The coach doesn’t know if he’ll award either player the starting job before the preseason is finished.</p><p>The Buccaneers are scheduled to visit the Jets on Aug. 19 and close out the preseason against the Baltimore Ravens on Aug. 26.</p><p>Mayfield outplayed Trask in Tampa Bay’s 27-17 loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers Friday night. Mayfield had just one incompletion in nine pass attempts. The former No. 1 overall draft pick threw for 63 yards and a touchdown. Trask had pedestrian numbers, going 6-10 for 99 yards and an interception. He was sacked three times.</p><p>It’s been largely assumed that Mayfield has the inside track to be the Buccaneers’ Week 1 starter. But Tampa Bay and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-playing-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask" rel="noopener">Bowles are adamant</a> that the Buccaneers’ quarterback competition is an open one. The team listed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-will-be-scratching-their-heads-over-buccaneers-first-depth-chart" rel="noopener">both Mayfield and Trask atop</a> the official depth chart in training camp.</p><p>Mayfield has bounced around the NFL since the Cleveland Browns replaced him with Deshaun Watson. He combined to post a 2-8 record between the Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers last season, registering a 79.0 passer rating.</p><p>In two years playing behind Tom Brady with the Bucs, Trask rarely saw the field.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers’ Todd Bowles updates timeline for starting QB decision between Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-offers-update-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-qb1-battle');   ga('set', 'title', 'Todd Bowles offers update on Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask Buccaneers’ QB1 battle');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kyle-Trask-Buccaneers-Baker-Mayfield-Todd-Bowles.jpg"></figure><h1>Todd Bowles offers update on Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask Buccaneers’ QB1 battle</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-10T09:57:30-07:00">August 10th, 9:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-10T09:58:09-07:00">August 10th, 9:58am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-tampa-bay-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-preseason-starter" rel="noopener">legitimate QB1 battle</a> on their hands between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask. Todd Bowles announced Wednesday that both guys will start a game apiece to begin the preseason and by the sounds of his latest comments, perhaps Mayfield does <a href="https://www.joebucsfan.com/2023/08/todd-bowles-implies-theres-a-quantifiable-leader-in-the-starting-quarterback-race/" rel="noopener">have the upper hand</a>, although Bowles won’t openly say it.</p><p>Via Joe BucsFan.com (H/T PFT):</p><p>“We got a good basis of where we are with those two guys. And we just need to see some things Friday as far as running the offense and getting a feel for where they are. We kind of have a good basis and ground basis of what we want to do. But seeing them perform is completely different from game to practice. So we got an idea and we got a good feel. So we’ll kind of let it play out a little bit more. but we have a good stat sheet where we kind of have everything rated of how we see them.</p><p>“Baker has learned humility . . . he’s learned how to fight and come back on the inside and he has a chance to do something special if he starts here.”</p><p>Mayfield starts Week 1 of the preseason for<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-key-players-struggling-early-nfl-training-camp" rel="noopener"> the Buccaneers</a> against the Steelers. Trask then gets the chance to do his thing the following week versus the Jets. While Baker undoubtedly has more experience, there is no question <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-kyle-trask-tom-brady-role-in-development-quarterback-battle-baker-mayfield" rel="noopener">Trask was a sponge</a> behind Tom Brady for two years.</p><p>Whoever starts Week 3 of the preseason on August 26th will probably end up being the starter for 2023. We’ll see if that’s Mayfield or Trask.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Todd Bowles offers update on Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask Buccaneers’ QB1 battle

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-tampa-bay-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-preseason-starter');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers announce preseason opener starter amid Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask QB battle, but there’s a catch');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/buccaneers-news-tampa-bay-announces-preseason-opener-starter-amid-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-qb-battle-but-theres-a-catch.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers announce preseason opener starter amid Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask QB battle, but there’s a catch</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-09T08:22:25-07:00">August 9th, 8:22am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-09T08:22:25-07:00">August 9th, 8:22am</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Heading into the preseason, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still have a crucial decision to make when it comes to who will start at quarterback between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-will-be-scratching-their-heads-over-buccaneers-first-depth-chart" rel="noopener">Buccaneers have already decided</a> who will start Week 1 of the preseason. However, that won’t necessarily guarantee them the starting role come regular season.</p><p>Mayfield <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1689284705651249153" rel="noopener">will start</a> Tampa Bay’s first preseason game, via Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. In turn, Kyle Trask will start their second contest.</p><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-baker-mayfield-honest-kyle-trask-gains-ground-qb-battle" rel="noopener">Mayfield being the veteran</a>, it makes sense for him to get the first start of the preseason. However, it’s clear that Tampa isn’t fully sold on entering the season with him as their starter. Trask will have an opportunity his time behind Tom Brady has paid off and that he is ready to contribute in Week 2.</p><p>Baker Mayfield has had a bit of a tumultuous career since being taken first overall with the Cleveland Browns in the 2018 NFL Draft. He split time with the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams last season, going 2-8 overall as a starter. Since leaving the Browns, Mayfield has struggled to find his footing as a starting quarterback in the NFL.</p><p>However, Kyle Trask has attempted just nine passes since joining the Buccaneers in 2021. Is Tampa Bay ready to hand him the starting reigns?</p><p>The preseason will give the Buccaneers an opportunity to answer all questions about their quarterback room. While Baker Mayfield will get the first preseason start, Kyle Trask is still looming in what has now become an ongoing QB battle.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers announce preseason opener starter amid Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask QB battle, but there’s a catch

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He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have released their first depth chart ahead of their first preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers that takes place on Friday, and there is an interesting wrinkle when it comes to the quarterback battle between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask.</p><p>Every position is listed in order, with starters listed first, except for quarterback. The starter is <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLSTROUD/status/1688886209576140800" rel="noopener">listed as</a> Baker Mayfield OR Kyle Trask on the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-devin-white-locked-in-mindset-offseason-trade-request" rel="noopener">Buccaneers’</a> depth chart, according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. Clearly, even if the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-baker-mayfields-7-interceptions-in-9-practices-spark-fans-worries" rel="noopener">Buccaneers</a> are leaning one way or the other, the team is not giving anything away. Every indication is that the competition between Mayfield and Trask is still to be decided, and we might still have weeks to go before finding out who will start for the team.</p><p>Other players of note are Calijah Kancey and Cody Mauch. Both Calijah Kancey and Cody Mauch are rookies who are listed as starters at their positions. Kancey was a first-round pick and starting on the defensive line, which is not a surprise. Mauch was drafted in the second round, and is listed as the starting right guard.</p><p>The Buccaneers are heading into the 2023 season without Tom Brady, so it will be interesting to see how they handle the transition. Trask has been with the team since the 2021 season, so it might make sense to see what they have in him. However, Mayfield does have experience in the league. He started for multiple years with the Cleveland Browns, then spent last season playing with the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask will be scratching their heads over Buccaneers’ first depth chart

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-baker-mayfield-honest-kyle-trask-gains-ground-qb-battle');   ga('set', 'title', 'Baker Mayfield drops honest take as Kyle Trask gains ground in Tampa Bay QB battle');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-1.09.50-PM.png"></figure><h1>Baker Mayfield drops honest take as Kyle Trask gains ground in Tampa Bay QB battle</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-03T13:29:25-07:00">August 3rd, 1:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-03T13:29:25-07:00">August 3rd, 1:29pm</time><address><a>Eva Geitheim</a>Eva started as an Associate Editor for Clutch Points in 2023 after recently graduating from UCLA. She has previously written for Lineups.com and is a big fan of all Bay Area sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback battle is heating up as Kyle Trask gains ground on Baker Mayfield for the starting role following Tom Brady’s retirement. However, Mayfield remains unfazed by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-drops-truth-bomb-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-qb-battle" rel="noopener">this quarterback battle</a>.</p><p>Mayfield spoke about how he has continuously fought to <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/bucs-qb-baker-mayfield-unfazed-by-picks-early-in-training-camp" rel="noopener">win the starting role</a>, saying, “I had to win the job at Texas Tech as a walk-on, got to Oklahoma and sat out a year and still had to compete for the job … And then in Cleveland I got drafted and Tyrod Taylor was [initially] the starting quarterback, so I’ve had to compete my whole life. This is nothing new to me,” per Greg Auman of FOX Sports.</p><p>Mayfield joins the Bucs after brief stints with the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams last season. Despite the Browns drafting Mayfield No. 1 overall in 2018, Mayfield may be on the verge of being relegated to a backup role if he doesn’t win the job.</p><p>He faces off against Kyle Trask, who the Bucs drafted in 2021 to backup Tom Brady. Trask has patiently waited and now finally has the opportunity to become a starter if he can beat out Mayfield.</p><p>Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles spoke on Trask, who has gone several practices in a row without a turnover. “Their No. 1 responsibility is don’t turn the ball over. He’s been doing a great job of not turning it over,” per Auman.</p><p>However, Baker Mayfield’s status should improve after finishing Thursday morning without throwing an interception. “Today was better than the previous two … When you get the pads on for quarterbacks, bodies are flying around and you still have to go through your reads and take care of the ball. You’re taking chances and trying stuff out during camp, but it still comes back to taking care of the ball.”</p><p>Bowles has previously stated that the starter <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-todd-bowles-timeline-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask" rel="noopener">will not be announced</a> until some point during training camp or after. Until then, Mayfield and Trask will want to prevent turnovers as much as possible.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Baker Mayfield drops honest take as Kyle Trask gains ground in Tampa Bay QB battle

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-carlton-davis-highlighting-laser-focused-kyle-trask-catch-baker-mayfields-attention');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers’ Carlton Davis highlighting ‘laser-focused’ Kyle Trask will catch Baker Mayfield’s attention');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Carlton-Davis-highlighting-_laser-focused_-Kyle-Trask-will-catch-Baker-Mayfield_s-attention.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers’ Carlton Davis highlighting ‘laser-focused’ Kyle Trask will catch Baker Mayfield’s attention</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-30T14:12:31-07:00">July 30th, 2:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-30T14:12:31-07:00">July 30th, 2:12pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have opened training camp and currently have a quarterback battle between Kyle Trask and Baker Mayfield. Cornerback Carlton Davis gave <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottSBucs/status/1685685974670462976" rel="noopener">an endorsement</a> to Kyle Trask when he was speaking with the media on Sunday.</p><p>“I have really seen an edge on him, especially the last two days,” Carlton Davis said, via Scott Smith of Buccaneers.com. “He has been laser-focused, you can tell by how he has been operating the offense and his decision making.”</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-calijah-kancey-injury-update-carted-off-field" rel="noopener">Buccaneers</a> will have to decide whether to go with Kyle Trask or Baker Mayfield this season, as they prepare for the first year without Tom Brady as their starting quarterback.</p><p>It will be interesting to see how the situation develops throughout training camp and the preseason.</p><p>Trask was selected with the last pick in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft, so it might make sense for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-baker-mayfield-true-intentions-training-camp-qb-battle" rel="noopener">Buccaneers</a> to see what they have in their young quarterback. Mayfield started his career with the Cleveland Browns, and was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. He started the 2022 season with the Carolina Panthers, and finished it with the Los Angeles Rams.</p><p>The Buccaneers won the NFC South at 8-9 last season, and it is not viewed as a strong division going into this season, so it is possible that they repeat as division champions this season. If the Buccaneers can get adequate quarterback play from either Trask or Mayfield, they should be in the running to make a return to the playoffs in 2023.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers’ Carlton Davis highlighting ‘laser-focused’ Kyle Trask will catch Baker Mayfield’s attention

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-drops-truth-bomb-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-qb-battle/');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers’ Mike Evans drops truth bomb on Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask QB battle');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Buccaneers-news-Mike-Evans-drops-truth-bomb-on-Baker-Mayfield-Kyle-Trask-QB-battle.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers’ Mike Evans drops truth bomb on Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask QB battle</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-02T15:48:06-07:00">July 2nd, 3:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-02T15:48:06-07:00">July 2nd, 3:48pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-wr-mike-evans-aiming-for-jerry-rice-s-consecutive-1-000-yard-season?campaign=Twitter_atn" rel="noopener">quarterback competition</a> between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask heading in to the 2023 season, and wide receiver Mike Evans had high praise for both quarterbacks.</p><p>“Kyle’s improved a lot,” Mike Evans said, via Bobby Kownack of NFL.com. “I’m really impressed with what I’ve seen from Baker. Whoever the quarterback will be, I’m positive they’re going to make the right choice and we’re going to win some games.”</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-all-pro-pie-in-the-sky-2023-prediction" rel="noopener">Buccaneers</a> went 8-9 last season with Tom Brady as their quarterback. That was still good enough to win the NFC South last season. Now without Tom Brady, the Buccaneers will have to decide between either Baker Mayfield or Kyle Trask.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-gets-brutally-honest-on-potentially-surpassing-jerry-rice-record/" rel="noopener">Evans</a> has had over 1,000 yards in each of his nine seasons in the NFL. The record for most consecutive seasons with over 1,000 yards is held by Jerry Rice with 11. Evans is aiming to break that record.</p><p>“I think about it. It’s right there, so I’m gonna definitely try to get that,” Evans said, via Kownack. “I’m already one of one right now. I hope I can pass the great Jerry Rice and his record. Obviously, nobody will pass his records probably, like ever, total. But that 1,000-yard streak record would be cool to have.”</p><p>Evans said he expects to reach 1,000 yards as long as he is healthy.</p><p>“I should get 1,000 yards if I’m healthy. Every year,” Evans said, via Kownack. “It aint that. I want to be one of the tops in the league. I want to be winning games. That’s what I care about.”</p><p>It will be interesting to see if Evans records his 10th 1,000-yard season, this time with a new quarterback throwing to him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers’ Mike Evans drops truth bomb on Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask QB battle

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-todd-bowles-timeline-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers’ Todd Bowles reveals timeline for Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask decision');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Buccaneers-news-Todd-Bowles-reveals-timeline-for-Baker-Mayfield-Kyle-Trask-decision.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers’ Todd Bowles reveals timeline for Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask decision</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-15T14:48:54-07:00">June 15th, 2:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-15T14:48:54-07:00">June 15th, 2:48pm</time><address><a>Anthony Riccobono</a>Anthony Riccobono has been a sports reporter for over a decade. He primarily covers the NFL, MLB and NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask are in a battle to become the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-playing-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask" rel="noopener">Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ starting quarterback</a> for the 2023 NFL season. The competition is undergoing at Buccaneers’ minicamp, but head coach Todd Bowles doesn’t plan on solidifying the depth chart anytime soon.</p><p>A final <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-tampa-bay-respect-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask" rel="noopener">Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask decision</a> probably<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mayfield-trask-buccaneers-qbs-35468e91e93cf08d0a82ee76e54a03bc"> won’t be made</a> until very late in the summer, according to Bowles. The Buccaneers appear to be taking their time in naming Tom Brady’s successor.</p><p>“Sometime during camp or right after there will be a decision made,” Bowles said during Buccaneers minicamp this week, via The Associated Press.</p><p>“It’s still a competition right now. We’re not going to award (anybody) in shorts and T-shirts,” Bowles continued. “In any competition, there’s waiting involved. You have to see who wins.”</p><p>Mayfield is the bigger name of the two quarterbacks, just five years removed from being selected with the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft. The Buccaneers are Mayfield’s fourth team in the last 18 months. He split his time with the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams in 2022. Mayfield posted a 79.0 passer rating with 10 touchdowns, eight interceptions and a dreadful 2-8 record as a starter.</p><p>Mayfield took the Cleveland Browns to the divisional round of the playoffs in the 2020 season. Over the last two years, he’s been one of the worst starting quarterbacks in the league.</p><p>Trask is the more unknown option for Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers took Trask out of Florida with a second-round pick in the 2021 draft. Because Brady virtually never left the field, Trask has only attempted nine regular-season passes in his NFL career.</p><p>The Buccaneers went 8-9 last season in Bowles’ first year as Tampa Bay’s head coach.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers’ Todd Bowles reveals timeline for Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask decision

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-tampa-bay-respect-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers’ OC reveals major factor in Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask QB competition');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tampa-Bay-OC-reveals-major-factor-in-Baker-Mayfield-Kyle-Trask-QB-competition.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers’ OC reveals major factor in Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask QB competition</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-04T13:02:06-07:00">June 4th, 1:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-04T13:02:06-07:00">June 4th, 1:02pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers prepare for the 2023 season, all eyes will be on whoever is under center. Whether it’s Baker Mayfield or Kyle Trask, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-ugly-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-practice-footage-has-tb-fans-ready-to-tank-for-caleb-williams" rel="noopener">Buccaneers will be focusing</a> on one key factor as they conduct their search.</p><p>Offensive coordinator Dave Canales said that <a href="https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/06/04/dave-canales-says-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-competition-is-partially-about-respect/" rel="noopener">respect will play a role</a> in determining who Tampa Bay’s next quarterback is, via JoeBucsFan.com. Regardless of Mayfield or Trask’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneer-news-baker-mayfield-oddsmakers" rel="noopener">path to the Buccaneers</a>, Canales is looking to respect both quarterback’s process.</p><p>“I think it’s partly just respecting the team, respecting what’s best for everyone and respecting Kyle’s process,” Canales said. “He comes in as the second-round pick with high hopes. Tom Brady’s been here, so he’s been able to work with him. But at the same time he’s worked really hard to try to have the opportunity to show what he can do.</p><p>“On the flip side, I think Baker, would he love to be named the starter? I’m sure. But Baker knows this is his road back,” Canales continued. “For him to be able to come out and win the team over in his own right, to perform and show he can the caliber of quarterback he believes he could be, I think I owe it to both of them and to the team to put the best guy out there.”</p><p>The Buccaneers’ quarterback battle will be one of the most watch training camp story lines this offseason. It’ll be the veteran Baker Mayfield vs. the upstart Kyle Trask. Only one can win. Canales isn’t looking to play favorites and wants to give Tampa Bay the quarterback that gives them the best chance of winning.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers’ OC reveals major factor in Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask QB competition

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-ugly-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-practice-footage-has-tb-fans-ready-to-tank-for-caleb-williams');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ugly Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask practice footage has Buccaneers fans ready to tank for Caleb Williams');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Baker-Mayfield-Kyloe-Trask-Buccaneers.jpg"></figure><h1>Ugly Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask practice footage has Buccaneers fans ready to tank for Caleb Williams</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-30T15:29:03-07:00">May 30th, 3:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-30T15:29:37-07:00">May 30th, 3:29pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-playing-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask" rel="noopener">quarterback room</a> of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers isn’t exactly among the best ones in the NFL at this point. With Tom Brady’s retirement from football, the Buccaneers are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-chris-godwin-drops-a-strong-take-on-buccaneers-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-qb-competition" rel="noopener">left with</a> just Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask, and Kohn Wolford as quarterbacks. None of these signal-callers carry serious potential to be a long-term option under center for the Buccaneers, as one can perhaps tell from a video that is currently going viral.</p><p>The footage of Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask, the top two quarterbacks competing for the starting gig in Tampa Bay, struggling to hit receivers during practice must have been leaving Buccaneers fans already thinking about having the top pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Checking in on the Bucs' QB competition between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoBucs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoBucs</a> <a href="https://t.co/8kZQzEbdsp">pic.twitter.com/8kZQzEbdsp</a></p><p>— Kyle Burger (@kyle_burger) <a href="https://twitter.com/kyle_burger/status/1663569935300173825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>To be fair, people shouldn’t base everything they need to know about how the Buccaneers’ QB competition is going on a clip that runs just a little over a minute long. It simply doesn’t paint the entire picture. Moreover, it’s still so early in the offseason.</p><p>The Buccaneers <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MayfBa00.htm" rel="noopener">signed</a> Mayfield to a one-year deal worth $4 million last March and also added John Wolford to the QB room earlier in May, inking the former Los Angeles Rams backup to a one-year, $1.01 million deal.</p><p>Of the three quarterbacks the Buccaneers have at the moment, Mayfield has the most experience as a starter. That said, the door is open for Trask to become the team’s starter come Week 1 of the 2023 NFL regular season.</p><p>Trask was selected by the Buccaneers in the second round (64th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ugly Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask practice footage has Buccaneers fans ready to tank for Caleb Williams

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-playing-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles reveals offseason playing time split between Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Todd-Bowles-reveals-offseason-playing-time-split-between-Baker-Mayfield-Kyle-Trask.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles reveals offseason playing time split between Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-30T12:02:01-07:00">May 30th, 12:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-30T12:02:01-07:00">May 30th, 12:02pm</time><address><a>Matt Wadleigh</a>Matthew Wadleigh was born and raised in Oceanside and resides in Fresno. He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are starting fresh with Tom Brady and Leonard Fournette out of the picture. The quarterback battle is between <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-chris-godwin-drops-a-strong-take-on-buccaneers-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-qb-competition" rel="noopener">Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask</a>, although it’s been rumored for a long time that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucs-news-tampa-bay-signs-former-rams-quarterback-john-wolford" rel="noopener">Mayfield is the favorite</a>.</p><p>As it turns out, head coach Todd Bowles is <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesPalmerTV/status/1663601891484504064" rel="noopener">having an open battle</a> between the two so far, per James Palmer of NFL Network.</p><p>‘Per head coach Todd Bowles, during this offseason in Tampa Bay, both Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask have had equal first team reps at QB.’</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-kyle-trask-prepared-to-compete-with-baker-mayfield-for-tampa-bays-qb1-job" rel="noopener">Buccaneers’ QB1 job</a> is the biggest story of the offseason for the team, and finding a way to fill Brady’s shoes is impossible. Mayfield made seven appearances for the Carolina Panthers, throwing for 1,313 yards with six touchdowns and six interceptions. Then, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/panthers-news-real-reason-carolina-baker-mayfield-parted-ways" rel="noopener">he was released</a> and joined the Los Angeles Rams, where he took over for the injured Matthew Stafford.</p><p>Mayfield found success with the Rams and threw for 850 yards with four scores and a pair of interceptions in five games. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-makes-baker-mayfield-rams-starter-decision-after-terrific-debut" rel="noopener">His performance in LA</a> under Sean McVay certainly helped him land another contract this offseason, and the Buccaneers’ roster features a flurry of weapons he can use at his disposal, including Mike Evans and Chris Godwin.</p><p>Kyle Trask was a second-round choice in the 2021 NFL Draft and made just one brief appearance in 2022, so the verdict is still out on how good of a player he can be. Nonetheless, for now, the Buccaneers are rolling with an open battle between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles reveals offseason playing time split between Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-chris-godwin-drops-a-strong-take-on-buccaneers-baker-mayfield-kyle-trask-qb-competition');   ga('set', 'title', 'Chris Godwin drops a strong take on Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask QB competition');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Buccaneers-new-Kyle-Trask-prepared-to-compete-with-Baker-Mayfield-for-Tampa-Bay_s-QB1-job.jpg"></figure><h1>Chris Godwin drops a strong take on Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask QB competition</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-25T16:07:05-07:00">May 25th, 4:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-25T17:58:09-07:00">May 25th, 5:58pm</time><address><a>Steve Zavala</a>Steve is a freelance writer covering the world of sports for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers unofficially kicked off their quarterback competition between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask on Tuesday. Tampa Bay opened up its OTAs schedule on the day, and both Mayfield and Trask have since spent plenty of time building early chemistry with the team’s array of weapons on the offensive side of the ball.</p><p>Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin has been working with both Mayfield and Trask this week. Godwin had not shared the field with Mayfield before, and while he caught passes from Trask in OTAs over the past two years, this has not occurred in a regular season game.</p><p>Godwin <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdEPiXKlUA" rel="noopener">sees</a> that it has been “like a friendly competition” between Mayfield and Trask over the early stages of Tampa Bay’s OTAs.</p><p>“Honestly, it’s just different,” Godwin said during a press conference at the Buccaneers’ OTAs. “Any time you have a new quarterback, it’s different. Obviously, we don’t know who that guy is going to be yet, but it doesn’t feel weird — it just feels like you’re getting reps with a bunch of guys. … I think Kyle and Baker have both done a great job so far — it’s like a friendly competition, there’s no animosity.</p><p>“You see them helping each other — they talk through a bunch of things. I think we have a really good environment on our team right now. We’re all really just trying to pull the rope in the same direction.”</p><p>Godwin will feature under <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-oc-dave-canales-sounds-off-on-key-mike-evans-chris-godwin-plans-for-2023-season" rel="noopener">Dave Canales</a> in the 2023 season. The Buccaneers hired Canales in February to fill their offensive coordinator vacancy after they parted ways with Byron Leftwich.</p><p>The one-time Pro Bowler believes that it has been so far, so good for Canales with the Buccaneers.</p><p>“I like him, I really do,” Godwin said. “I think the first thing that really comes to mind is he’s a very smart guy. You can tell that he, one, really loves ball, but he really knows what he wants to do in terms of installing the offense and attacking defenses. … He’s a teacher, and he wants to effectively communicate that. It’s been working so far.</p><p>“We had a really good first day, and guys are flying around — the intensity is high.”</p><p>The Buccaneers’ OTAs schedule will continue on May 30.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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