REVELATI0N Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 In the aftermath of Tom Brady announcing his retirement and the afterglow of celebrating his career, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers must address what's next for the franchise under center.Though it's likely impossible to truly replace Brady, somebody will be called upon to take his spot as the Bucs' QB1.As Tampa Bay general manager Jason Licht commemorated Brady's illustrious career on Monday, he also addressed the TB12-sized vacancy left on the NFC South champions' roster and indicated the team is ready to exhaust all options, which includes the development of second-round pick Kyle Trask."We'll have to go down every avenue," Licht said. "It's a little bit different landscape than it was a couple years ago with the quarterbacks that were available in free agency. So, we'll have to go down every avenue, we'll turn over every stone. I hate to use clichés like that, but we will. I think our roster is in better position than we were two years ago in terms of the young talent we have, the experience they have at this point, what we've gone through in the last couple years. So I'm excited about that."Among the Buccaneers' 2021 QB stable of Brady, Blaine Gabbert, Trask and Ryan Griffin, Gabbert was the only quarterback besides Brady to see action in the regular season. Trask is the only QB (other than Brady, technically) under contract for the 2022 season, as Gabbert, who appeared in six games and completed 7 of 11 passes for 67 yards, and Griffin are impending free agents.Though the future would seem cloudy, Licht knew Brady's retirement was on the horizon."It's something that we knew is going to happen at some point," he said. "It didn't completely shock us in the last 24 hours, to be honest with you, that this could happen -- so we had been preparing. We were in this situation a couple of years ago where Bruce (Arians) and I had both said we would have to look behind door No. 2, and we're at that position again. Now, we feel like we're very excited about the development of Kyle; where he's come from in the last year and what he's done, just being able to sit behind Tom and Blaine and Ryan, as well."We're going to explore all avenues to try to make the best decision that we can for the organization, but it didn't come as a surprise." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBLIII Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Max Kellerman on Twitter: "And there is no indication he would’ve fallen off in the foreseeable future." / Twitter lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x0x Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 2:25 PM, RaidersAreOne said: I thoroughly enjoyed that, although I can understand German so it's never been as funny to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 We also won't get to see him in the Creamsicle uniforms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 He should make a Tick Tock of himself hang-gliding so everyone can finally be right about him going off a cliff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apparition Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 ESPN predicted that the Bucs will acquire Jimmy G to replace Brady, which would be extremely funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggie. Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33244019/tom-brady-happy-decision-retire-nfl-never-say-never Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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