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Pewter Report’s Scott Reynolds answers your questions from the @PewterReport Twitter account each week in the Bucs Monday Mailbag. Submit your question to the Bucs Monday Mailbag each week via Twitter using the hashtag #PRMailbag. Here are the questions we chose to answer for this week’s edition.

QUESTION: I don’t know what is next after Tom Brady at QB after this coming season, but if Kyle Trask isn’t their answer should the Bucs take a hard took at Tyler Huntley?

ANSWER: Kyle Trask has made some strides this year, but after Saturday’s disappointing showing, he’s not going to beat out Blaine Gabbert for the backup job this year. Trask has played the majority of two preseason games. He showed promise and poise against Miami, but really struggled at Tennessee. Trask has a habit of holding on to the ball too long and doesn’t have great pocket awareness. The Bucs drafted him thinking he could become another Brad Johnson. So far, he’s more like the second coming of Trent Dilfer with his penchant for turnovers.

Ravens QB Tyler Huntley – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

This isn’t the end of Trask in Tampa Bay. He’ll still have two more years under contract to develop. The book on him from his high school and college days is that he’s a slow learner. But that doesn’t bode well for the 2023 Buccaneers, who could need a quarterback if Tom Brady retires or moves on after this season. It’s hard to think that the Bucs would feel comfortable going into next year thinking that Trask could be ready to start. If he had played better than Gabbert and won the No. 2 job, then maybe that’s an option. But Trask figures to be the No. 3 QB in Tampa Bay again this year.

As for Baltimore’s Tyler Huntley, he certainly is intriguing, but he’ll be a restricted free agent in 2023 because this is his third NFL season. He’s had a heck of a preseason this year, completing 29-of-32 passes (90%) for 238 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions thus far. He’s also carried the ball five times for 26 yards. But Todd Bowles would have to want to stray from the pocket passer style of QB play that Bruce Arians has molded his scheme around. Huntley is 6-foot-1, 196 pounds – a stark contrast to Trask and Blaine Gabbert, who are both 6-foot-5, 235 pounds.

But Huntley is impressive. He was 1-4 in his five starts last year while replacing the injured Lamar Jackson, but those four losses were by a combined seven points. One was a 31-30 loss to Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay, while another was a 20-19 defeat at the hands of the eventual Super Bowl champion Rams. He completed 65% of his passes for 1,081 yards with three TDs and four INTs. Huntley also rushed for 294 yards and two TDs while averaging 6.3 yards per carry. While Huntley is a restricted free agent, Lamar Jackson will be an unrestricted free agent and has yet to sign a contract extension with the Ravens.

QUESTION: With Aaron Stinnie now out for the season, no word on a time frame for Ryan Jensen, and our O-line looking less-than-stellar so far in the preseason, what are the odds that we make a trade for offensive line help? Or do we just look at who’s available after final roster cuts?

ANSWER: The loss of two offensive linemen in Aaron Stinnie and Ryan Jensen will probably force the Bucs to make a move for a veteran for depth. Pewter Report’s J.C. Allen posted a story on Monday outlining four options at guard for the Bucs. Tampa Bay will likely roll with either Nick Leverett or Luke Goedeke as the starter at left guard. They have spent months learning the playbook and have chemistry playing next to left tackle Donovan Smith and center Robert Hainsey.

But the Bucs will likely need to add another player for depth. Brandon Walton is more of a developmental player better suited for another year on the practice squad than the 53-man active roster. Stinnie will be placed on season-long injured reserve and Jensen is destined for short-term IR (although he’ll be out several months). That’s two players who would have made the roster had they been healthy.

So now, the likely offensive linemen to make the team will be Tristan Wirfs, Shaq Mason, Smith, Hainsey, Leverett, Goedeke and Josh Wells. That’s seven. Jensen and Stinnie would have given Tampa Bay a strong nine along the O-line. Now, there are two more spots up from grabs and I’m not sure which two players on the current team deserve it. Walton and right tackle Fred Johnson might be the best options right now, but there’s still one more game to be played.

If the Bucs do go out and sign or trade for a veteran guard, that would bolster the interior. Then it could come down to Johnson or Walton.

QUESTION: What outside options are there at guard? Any free agents for depth? Trade? CFL? Mars? Can we plant an offensive line tree?

ANSWER: My answer to this question is pretty much the same as the one before it. But I did like your inclusion of the planet Mars, and the idea of planting an offensive line tree! Bonus points for that suggestion.

QUESTION: Can Nick Leverett be a starter? He’s about to be because Luke Goedeke is not ready.

Bucs LG Luke Goedeke – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

ANSWER: It will be interesting to see if the Bucs start Luke Goedeke over Nick Leverett in the season opener at Dallas. Bucs head coach Todd Bowles is not afraid to start rookies. He started cornerbacks Sean Murphy-Bunting and Jamel Dean as rookies in 2019, and safety Antoine Winfield Jr. during his rookie season in 2020. And of course, the Bucs started first-round pick Tristan Wirfs at right tackle as a rookie in 2020. But Wirfs is certainly more talented than Goedeke, the team’s second-round pick this year.

Goedeke played well at the beginning of his first start in Tennessee. But midway through the second quarter, things began to unravel for him. He had two holding penalties, one of which negated a big run by Rachaad White. Then, he contributed to a sack of Kyle Trask by getting bull-rushed six yards into the backfield. Goedeke did have some bright spots in his initial NFL start. But do the Bucs want to take a chance with the rookie mistakes that will likely accompany Goedeke if he were to start at Dallas?

Goedeke is the future at the left guard position, but Leverett might be the better option in Week 1 on the road at Dallas on Sunday Night Football. Wirfs played in a number of big games at Iowa, a Big Ten program. But Goedeke played in the MAC at Central Michigan and might not be ready for his first start to happen in prime time.

Leverett is scrappy and athletic, but has some limitations. I think the Bucs would like another look at Goedeke with the starters in Saturday’s preseason finale at Indianapolis before making a decision. If he fares well and limits mistakes, he could wind up starting at Dallas. If not, then it would likely be Leverett. Unfortunately for Tampa Bay, it’s now a two-man race due to injuries up front.

QUESTION: Is this the greatest Bucs team of all time?

ANSWER: On paper, it has the chance to be the most talented. Of course, the team has already lost a pair of Pro Bowl offensive linemen in Ali Marpet, who retired, and Ryan Jensen, who suffered a knee injury. The Bucs are deeper at several key positions, such as wide receiver, safety and outside linebacker. If Rob Groknowski was back at tight end, I would put this year’s squad up there with the Super Bowl LV team from a talent perspective.

But the two greatest teams of all time in Tampa Bay are the Super Bowl XXXVII and Super Bowl LV teams. I’ll let you decide on which team you think is better. But for the 2022 Bucs team to be considered the greatest Bucs team of all time, it has to win a Super Bowl first. Last year’s team proved to be the best in the regular season with a 13-4 record.

Given the difficult schedule, Tampa Bay might be hard pressed to win that many games in the regular season. But as the 11-5 Bucs in 2020 proved, it’s not what the team does in the regular season that matters. It’s how Tampa Bay fares in the postseason. Win enough games, make it to the playoffs and then let momentum take over.

Of course, staying healthy is also key. The common denominator in both of the Bucs’ Super Bowl wins is that each team only had one starter on injured reserve. In 2002, it was nose tackle Booger McFarland. In 2020, it was right guard Alex Cappa. The Bucs are already off to a rough start with injuries to Ryan Jensen and Aaron Stinnie. They’ll need a little luck during the 2022 campaign.

QUESTION: What will the final WR group look like?

Bucs WR-KR Jaelon Darden – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

ANSWER: As of right now the Bucs wide receivers begin with the Fantastic Four – Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Russell Gage and Julio Jones. The next question isn’t necessarily who will be the fifth receiver. It’s how many receivers will the team keep – six or seven? That will come down to special teams, as the top four aren’t going to be running down covering kicks and punts.

I think Tyler Johnson makes it over Breshad Perriman as the No. 5 receiver. He’s a bigger-bodied receiver who has shown improved yards-after-catch ability in camp and in the preseason games. Perriman has been hurt most of camp and the team could put him on the practice squad as he’s been recently released from a couple of receiver-needy teams in Detroit and the New York Jets. Cyril Grayson Jr. could also wind up on the practice squad. He’s had a very average camp after showing up big late last season.

The guess here is that the Bucs keep seven receivers because they don’t trust the health of Jones’ hamstrings, which have been okay so far. But recent history suggests they could be problematic. Keeping six receivers and suddenly losing Jones would quickly drop the Bucs to only five receivers. Jaelon Darden has made enough strides on offense and returns kicks and punts.

I think he’s the No. 6 receiver, with Deven Thompkins making the team as the No. 7. Thompkins plays bigger than his size and is just as fast as Scotty Miller. He also can be a backup return specialist if Darden gets hurt or falters. Fellow undrafted rookie Kaylon Geiger Sr. would be a great addition to the practice squad.