The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are facing attrition under center. An injury has threatened to sideline the team’s starting quarterback, Baker Mayfield. The recent events may have cleared the path for former Florida football quarterback [autotag]Kyle Trask[/autotag] to get his first career NFL start.
With a little over nine minutes on the clock in the first quarter last week against the Indianapolis Colts, Mayfield ran a QB sneak from the 1-yard line, but he was slow to get up after. He was seen limping off the field following the play.
Trask, who has been in Tampa Bay for the last three seasons and studied under Tom Brady for two, threw an incomplete pass to wide receiver Chris Godwin but the drive still resulted in a field goal. Mayfield then returned to action afterward.
The Bucs ultimately lost the game, 27-20.
“(Mayfield is) pretty sore,” Bowles said during a press conference Monday. “The MRI was negative. He has a sore ankle. We’ll see how he’s feeling during the week, but it came out negative so that’s a good thing.”
It seems unlikely that Trask will get the call on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, but the possibility remains that head coach Todd Bowles will want to give his QB1 a breather against an underwhelming Carolina squad. It is likely a game-day decision.
The Bucs host the Panthers inside Raymond James Stadium on Dec. 3 with a start time of 4:05 p.m. ET. The game will be carried on CBS.
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