Who will be the next Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback? Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask are in the frame with coach Todd Bowles saying they ‘don’t have a timetable’ on naming Tom Brady’s replacement

Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles says he isn’t ready to name a starting quarterback for the upcoming season, and he doesn’t feel rushed to do so.

‘We don’t have a timetable on it,’ Bowles said. ‘We’ll name it when we name it. We feel comfortable with where we’re at, so we’ll go from there.’

The Buccaneers will play their final preseason game on Aug. 26 against the Baltimore Ravens. 

Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask are expected to play in that game for the Bucs, who saw fellow quarterback John Wolford sustain a neck injury in the team’s 13-6 victory over the New York Jets on Saturday.

Wolford was discharged from a New York-area hospital in time to fly home with the team.

Mayfield signed with Tampa Bay in March as the presumed starter after making three stops during a whirlwind 2022. 

After being traded from the Cleveland Browns to Carolina that offseason, he was 2-8 with 2,163 yards, 10 touchdown passes and eight interceptions with the Panthers and Los Angeles Rams.

Mayfield, 28, is 31-38 as a starter since being drafted with the No. 1 overall pick by Cleveland in 2018.

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Trask, 25, has only appeared in one regular-season game since Tampa Bay drafted him in the second round in 2021. He is 3-for-9 passing for 23 yards.

Whoever does eventually start under center for the Bucs has big shoes to fill, as the team head into their first season without superstar Tom Brady at QB1.

Brady retired for a second time at the end of the season, following a difficult 8-9 season in which they only just made the playoffs – and Brady recorded eight or more defeats for the first time in his entire career.

In the postseason, the Bucs bombed out in the wildcard round to the Dallas Cowboys, with Brady passing for 351 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in a 31-14 blowout loss.