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Posted by: @bucsbits

it was kind of a mixed bag on Bridgewater back then, but as usual a lot of faith that Trask was really the guy

 

https://www.pewterreport.com/community/the-red-board/teddy-bridgewater-3/

”That draft prevented us from repeating”

Loved that one. 

 


 
Posted : Jul. 17, 2026 2:10 pm
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was having trouble believing my eyes in the Rams game as he looked pretty bad but then again

He looked like someone who was pulled from the stands and thrown in the replacements style 


 
Posted : Jul. 17, 2026 2:55 pm
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it was kind of a mixed bag on Bridgewater back then, but as usual a lot of faith that Trask was really the guy

 

https://www.pewterreport.com/community/the-red-board/teddy-bridgewater-3/

a mixed bag from some....of course my "smooth brain" was pretty clear on the pecking order in the depth chart from the get go

i recall when Baker was signed, it was clear he was starter but many still thinking Trask had a shot

i dont mean to be so "hard headed", just some things are clear as day and Bucs signing Baker to compete with Trask and Bridgewater to compete with Trask were not competitions at all 

 

 

I think intially it was a competition because they watched Trask play and realized he wasn't an NFL QB.

Which many of us said from the get go despite some really good Kyle Pitts lead stats at Florida. 

 


 
Posted : Jul. 17, 2026 2:56 pm
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Posted by: @bucsbits

it was kind of a mixed bag on Bridgewater back then, but as usual a lot of faith that Trask was really the guy

 

https://www.pewterreport.com/community/the-red-board/teddy-bridgewater-3/

”That draft prevented us from repeating”

Loved that one. 

 

The draft was an all-time stinker.

An edge that can't rush 

A QB that can't throw 

A decent unathletic center after missing on the HOF center 

A gadget return dude that Brady said to draft 

Then whatever the fuck we took super late

 

I don't mind taking an edge but I do mind taking a project.

I think taking a backup QB was the dumbest shit I've ever seen regardless of whether Trask was good or bad.

Hainsey was the only decent pick and even then... Meh

 


 
Posted : Jul. 17, 2026 2:59 pm
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Posted by: @bucsbits

it was kind of a mixed bag on Bridgewater back then, but as usual a lot of faith that Trask was really the guy

 

https://www.pewterreport.com/community/the-red-board/teddy-bridgewater-3/

”That draft prevented us from repeating”

Loved that one. 

 

The draft was an all-time stinker.

An edge that can't rush 

A QB that can't throw 

A decent unathletic center after missing on the HOF center 

A gadget return dude that Brady said to draft 

Then whatever the fuck we took super late

 

I don't mind taking an edge but I do mind taking a project.

I think taking a backup QB was the dumbest shit I've ever seen regardless of whether Trask was good or bad.

Hainsey was the only decent pick and even then... Meh

 

yeah i mean, it definitely didn't help in the repeat chances.  

i remember our cornerbacks missed alot of time that year - Davis i think missed like 7 games, SMB 8 games, Dean a handful of games, Winfield about 4, White head 3, etc.

instead of wasting picks on kick returners and project back up qbs, maybe a half decent CB could have been the difference in winning 1 more game, particularly looking at New Orleans and Washington back to back losses with the likes of Pierre Desir playing cornerback for us and Andrew Adams and Russ Cockrell.  

we win 1 more game and we are the 1 seed instead of the 2 seed. Wirfs doesn't get banged up in the opening playoff game that year if hes resting, right?

but i guess it's suggesting the Bucs didnt have a draft in 2021 basically...and if they did, maybe the depth would have helped them in the bid.  What they did was cocky....and like...yeah we dont need a draft, fuck you. 

 


 
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The draft was an all-time stinker.

A QB that can't throw 

The easiest to make sense of the Trask pick is exactly as Licht once described it, which was basically an inexpensive way (drafted QB) to get through the inevitable post Super Bowl financial recovery. That is definitely overthinking things (Big Brain, I think you said). Mayfield makes that point.


 
Posted : Jul. 17, 2026 4:22 pm
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The draft was an all-time stinker.

A QB that can't throw 

The easiest to make sense of the Trask pick is exactly as Licht once described it, which was basically an inexpensive way (drafted QB) to get through the inevitable post Super Bowl financial recovery. That is definitely overthinking things (Big Brain, I think you said). Mayfield makes that point.

Davis Mills would have been the better pick and in fact was ranked slightly higher than Trask in many of the pre-draft mock boards, albeit close.  One clearly went on to have the better NFL career

Again, not lobbying for a QB there just saying even at that, we didn't even pick the best available QB. 

it then became obvious that Trask couldn't supplant Gabbert in not only year 1, but year 2 either as the #2 guy.  

So it wasn't even like Bucs didnt give him a chance, he just couldnt show enough in practice to be back-up until Baker era...and then at that, they brought in a guy off the couch, so him throw a few passes, one that put a WR in critical condition and said, yeah at least hes better than Trask. 

 


 
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The draft was an all-time stinker.

A QB that can't throw 

The easiest to make sense of the Trask pick is exactly as Licht once described it, which was basically an inexpensive way (drafted QB) to get through the inevitable post Super Bowl financial recovery. That is definitely overthinking things (Big Brain, I think you said). Mayfield makes that point.

Which is not "win now mode"

 


 
Posted : Jul. 17, 2026 5:34 pm
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The draft was an all-time stinker.

A QB that can't throw 

The easiest to make sense of the Trask pick is exactly as Licht once described it, which was basically an inexpensive way (drafted QB) to get through the inevitable post Super Bowl financial recovery. That is definitely overthinking things (Big Brain, I think you said). Mayfield makes that point.

Davis Mills would have been the better pick and in fact was ranked slightly higher than Trask in many of the pre-draft mock boards, albeit close.  One clearly went on to have the better NFL career

Again, not lobbying for a QB there just saying even at that, we didn't even pick the best available QB. 

it then became obvious that Trask couldn't supplant Gabbert in not only year 1, but year 2 either as the #2 guy.  

So it wasn't even like Bucs didnt give him a chance, he just couldnt show enough in practice to be back-up until Baker era...and then at that, they brought in a guy off the couch, so him throw a few passes, one that put a WR in critical condition and said, yeah at least hes better than Trask. 

 

Exactly

But we can't talk about Trask because well... We all know Florida is QBU

 


 
Posted : Jul. 17, 2026 5:36 pm
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But we can't talk about Trask because well...

…yet…

You and slow Philly can’t seem to stop talking about him. 

It’s weird…


 
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given how poorly Bridgewater looked,

He didn't look bad. He looked like he wouldn't make the Canadian Football League.

How the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck did Trask lose out to this noodle arm statue? 

Absolutely insane that he was out backup. 

 

Trask didn't lose out to Teddy B.  Teddy B was Bowles friend and that is the best explanation. 

 

Is there actual evidence for this? If so... Jfc 

 

Dean was making business decision last year when he failed to make tackles and was looking for his next paycheck.  Teddy B lined up a Lions gig quickly too.

Bowles is buddy buddy with Dean and Teddy B but they both stabbed him in the back. Maybe Todd Bowles will learn to not be so trusting of players looking to just collect a paycheck?

 

 


 
Posted : Jul. 18, 2026 8:53 am
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given how poorly Bridgewater looked,

He didn't look bad. He looked like he wouldn't make the Canadian Football League.

How the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck did Trask lose out to this noodle arm statue? 

Absolutely insane that he was out backup. 

 

Trask didn't lose out to Teddy B.  Teddy B was Bowles friend and that is the best explanation. 

 

Is there actual evidence for this? If so... Jfc 

 

Dean was making business decision last year when he failed to make tackles and was looking for his next paycheck.  Teddy B lined up a Lions gig quickly too.

Bowles is buddy buddy with Dean and Teddy B but they both stabbed him in the back. Maybe Todd Bowles will learn to not be so trusting of players looking to just collect a paycheck?

 

 

I'm not saying you're wrong I'm just wondering where the proof is 

 


 
Posted : Jul. 18, 2026 10:40 am
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But we can't talk about Trask because well...

…yet…

You and slow Philly can’t seem to stop talking about him. 

It’s weird…

I talk about all sorts of players no longer with the team.

Is Aguayo living rent free too? I mention him plenty when talking about God awful draft picks.

Trask was the same. 

Florida doesn't produce NFL QBs. Never has and probably never will.

We didn't need a backup QB. We didn't depth to make a second run at key positions.

You're acting like this board isn't littered with bringing up the past 

 


 
Posted : Jul. 18, 2026 10:42 am
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Florida doesn't produce NFL QBs. Never has and probably never will.

Agreed. No idea why Vegas wasted their first overall pick on an Indiana QB. Why did the dumbass Chargers waste on a pick on Justin Herbert after Akiki Smith, Joey Harrington, Dennis Dixon, & Marcus Mariota all failed? Why did Cincinnati take Joe Burrow and Washington take Jaden Daniels after Jamarcus Russell busted?

Why you continue making this foolish point is beyond me. You’ve been repeatedly given the long list of QB’s that came from colleges that hadn’t produced one ever, or in many decades at best, until they did.


 
Posted : Jul. 18, 2026 12:23 pm
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Florida doesn't produce NFL QBs. Never has and probably never will.

Agreed. No idea why Vegas wasted their first overall pick on an Indiana QB. Why did the dumbass Chargers waste on a pick on Justin Herbert after Akiki Smith, Joey Harrington, Dennis Dixon, & Marcus Mariota all failed? Why did Cincinnati take Joe Burrow and Washington take Jaden Daniels after Jamarcus Russell busted?

Why you continue making this foolish point is beyond me. You’ve been repeatedly given the long list of QB’s that came from colleges that hadn’t produced one ever, or in many decades at best, until they did.

translated. It’s a near certainty that UF will never produce a meaningful QB. 

 


 
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