“Back to Poverty”: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Fans Give Up Their Firm Belief on $50 Million Tom Brady’s $8.5 Million Successor

Bucs OC Dave Canales is taking time to decide on starting QB between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask, keeping Super Bowl’s high expectations in mind. A decision might extend into training camp. Fans are eager to see if Baker can reach the performance level set by Tom Brady, who led the team to the Super Bowl. Canales wants to make the best choice for the team’s success.

Recently, a video of Mayfield practicing with the team surfaced, sparking doubt among fans about his ability to fill Brady’s shoes and humorously questioning the team’s future. The competition’s outcome promises to shape the team’s future, compelling Canales to bide his time before reaching a verdict.

Doubts arise as the video released

In 2023, Baker Mayfield joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and signed a one-year contract worth up to $8.5 million. This was announced in March, and Mayfield aims to contribute to the team’s success. However, in the past, Tom Brady signed a two-year contract worth $50 million in 2020. The contract guaranteed that Brady would receive the full amount, regardless of his performance or other factors.

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Fans compared those circumstances, with a video recently surfaced of Mayfield practicing with the Buccaneers, and some fans expressed doubt about Baker’s success and the team’s future. They questioned Mayfield’s ability to replace Brady and joked about team success and AI-generated content (talking about the video released by Buccaneers). Even, one fan straightly suggested that ‘they will go back to being unsuccessful or poor’.

A person wrote, “Back to poverty, they go.”

This comment suggests that without Tom Brady, the person believes the team will go back to being at the bottom of their division and finds it amusing or humorous, “No Brady back to the bottom of the division lol.”

A comment implies that if Baker Mayfield is unable to achieve success with a talented team like the Buccaneers, the person believes he should be replaced or let go, “Bro if he can’t win with this solid team he has to go.”

A fan reflects on AI technology has advanced to a point where it can create content that is difficult to differentiate from reality (targeting the released video of training). “I can’t tell what is real and what is AI generated anymore.”

Need Brady’s performance: Bucs OC delays QB decision

The offensive coordinator for the Bucs football team, Dave Canales, is taking his time to decide who will be the starting quarterback between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask. He believes that having a competition between them will make the whole team better in the long run, and he wants to wait as long as possible before making a decision.

“Philosophically, for me, coming from Seattle, best guy gets the job. … For me, it’s a win-win when you create a competition,” per Canales.

Canales is confident that both quarterbacks are smart and talented enough to handle the job, and he sees positives in both of them. Mayfield has a lot of game experience, while Trask has learned from being around Tom Brady, one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.

As per the official NFL report, he clarified the situation, “The way we’re building it, even with the draft, this is not a team, that’s like, ‘We gotta know who the starter is gonna be so that we can move forward and figure out who we’re going to be.’ I don’t think so. I think the way that we’re going to play it, I’ll have both guys ready to be really, really successful and efficient at what we’re doing.”

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Overall, Canales thinks that whichever quarterback he chooses, will be successful and efficient in leading the team.