NFL power rankings: Which teams will have the best passing attack this season?

27. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Last year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished second in the NFL in passing. It may or may not have had something to do with the greatest quarterback this league has ever seen playing under center in Tampa Bay.

Okay, fine, it had everything to do with Tom Brady. This coming season, the Bucs will still have similar weaponry in guys like Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, who are excellent targets. However, the quarterback position is anything but solved.

The Bucs will see a competition between former first-overall pick Baker Mayfield and former second-round pick Kyle Trask, who has yet to have any meaningful NFL experience.

Without Brady, this offense will look a lot different. The entire team is going to look much different, for that matter. Whether it’s Mayfield or Trask doesn’t matter, because this passing attack will take a huge step backward. Brady may have looked done at times, but he was still extremely smart and calculated with his throws. The man could still sling it at 45 years old.

Mayfield and Trask, even far younger than Brady, have nowhere near the potential of airing it out this coming season.