While Baker Mayfield will fancy his chances of being the Tampa Bay Buccaneers starter in Week One of the NFL season, he has the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Tom Brady in the wake of his retirement.
With their Super Bowl triumph in 2021 feeling like a distant memory, the Bucs face what looks like a long road back to championship contention, and they will have to do it without the greatest quarterback to play the game.
Seven-time NFL champion Brady did regress in 2022 – his 23rd season in the league – but he still played well enough to steer Tampa through a weak NFC South to make the playoffs with a losing record, where they were blown out in the wildcard round in January by the Dallas Cowboys.
