(Photo : Dustin Satloff/Getty Images) EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – Baker Mayfield (#6) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers walks off the sector after the preseason sport towards the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on August 19, 2023, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have named their beginning quarterback forward of the 2023 NFL season.
Former first-overall choose Baker Mayfield will run the present in Tampa Bay, beating out 2021 second-round draft choose Kyle Trask.
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Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles confirmed the information on Tuesday forward of their closing preseason sport towards the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday at their dwelling in Raymond James Stadium.
“Baker’s our starting quarterback, Kyle’s our No. 2,” Bowles mentioned.
The 59-year-old coach nonetheless praised Trask, saying that he has gotten leaps and bounds higher than he was within the spring and is constant to enhance.
However, Mayfield is the higher selection proper now by way of expertise and understanding the playbook.
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Baker Mayfield has monumental sneakers to fill
The 28-year-old will substitute Tom Brady as Tampa Bay’s beginning quarterback after the seven-time Super Bowl champion concluded his illustrious NFL profession on the finish of final season.
Mayfield was not shocked by the Buccaneers’ determination to make him a starter.
“I expect to be the starter. I know how talented I am. I know what type of leader I am,” he mentioned.
The Cleveland Browns chosen Mayfield with the primary general choose within the 2018 NFL Draft, the place he spent the primary 4 seasons of his profession.
The Browns dealt him to the Carolina Panthers earlier than the 2022 season, and he performed seven video games for the workforce till he was traded once more in the course of the marketing campaign to the Los Angeles Rams.
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