Todd Bowles - No timetable to name Buccaneers' starting QB - ESPN

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said Sunday that there is no timetable to name a starting quarterback for the 2023 season, and it is possible the team will enter its third and final preseason game Aug. 26 against the Baltimore Ravens without naming a starting quarterback.

Right now, the expectation is that both Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask will play in that game.

«We don't have a timetable on it,» Bowles said when asked when he'll name a starter. «We'll name it when we name it. We feel comfortable with where we're at, so we'll go from there.»

No determination has been made as to who will start that game or how the reps will be divvied up. Right now, the Bucs have only two healthy quarterbacks, though, with John Wolford having suffered a neck injury in the second half Saturday night against the New York Jets in Tampa Bay's second preseason game.

If Bowles indeed waits until after the third preseason game to name a starter, it would give the team two weeks to practice with a starter. Bowles said he was not concerned about lack of continuity in that regard.

«They've had it all camp; they've had it all spring. We don't worry about the continuity part — everybody has gotten plenty of reps together,» Bowles said. «Two weeks will be fine for us. We just need some game time, so everybody is going to play.»

Mayfield started the first preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers with Trask coming in during the second quarter. The initial plan against the Jets was for Trask to start and Mayfield to come in. But Bowles made an audible and opted to sit Mayfield, which led some to speculate that Mayfield had won the starting job, as Bowles has held out several starters this preseason.

But Bowles' explanation is