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By Kristen Wong
NFL Rumors: Baker Mayfield “or” Kyle Trask will be Bucs starter this season
Leave it to a conjunction to take down Baker Mayfield in Tampa Bay.
The Bucs released their depth chart for the 2023 season, and one curious little word stood out to NFL fans and pundits: “Or.”
At the quarterback position on the chart, the Bucs listed Baker Mayfield in the starting spot but added an “or” between his name and presumed No. 2 QB Kyle Trask, which not-so-subtly suggests the starting quarterback spot is still up for grabs…
Never seen “Or” on a depth chart…. https://t.co/8baT8eYQSD
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 8, 2023
Florida product and 2021 second-rounder Kyle Trask has never started an NFL game, and he completed only three passes for 23 yards last season. His competition? One of the most laughed-at quarterbacks in the game right now. It’s only early August, and Tampa Bay’s season already looks like a joke.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter pointed out the “or” on the depth chart as strange and unfamiliar, but college teams have been doing it for years, sometimes listing as many as three players who could win the starting job.
Based on the whispers coming out of Bucs’ training camp, Mayfield hasn’t exactly been making the best first impression on his new teammates. Tampa should have known the franchise was screwed the day Mayfield sat in front of the media and said he wasn’t going to be Tom Brady. Well, now it looks like he may not be the starter, either.