Bucs OC Canales: 'I don't think we need to rush' choosing a starting QB

Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales isn't in a rush to name a starting quarterback for Week 1.

That quarterback room includes Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask, and John Wolford

"If Kyle would have had more opportunities, you know, I'd love to see what would happen to those," Canales said, according to the Tampa Bay Times' Rick Stroud. "So I don't think we need to rush to make any decisions."

The Buccaneers selected Trask 64th overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. Trask, 25, has only appeared in one game in his career, completing three of nine attempts for 23 yards.

"(Mayfield's) been told no enough times where I can feel the hunger that he has for wanting to reestablish himself as a starter and to really have the type of career he envisioned," Canales added, per Stroud.

Tampa Bay signed Mayfield to a one-year deal worth up to $8.5 million in March. The former No. 1 overall pick has completed 61.4% of his passes for 16,288 yards, 102 touchdowns, and 64 interceptions in 72 career games.

"What's cool about (Mayfield) is he's got a ton of game experience," Canales said per the team's Twitter account. "So there's a lot of conversations happening about things that he did or saw or did this in games. With Kyle, what's cool is you do see, just talking about being Tom (Brady) for two years, you see his tempo and control in his drop mimicking a guy that was the greatest of all time."

The team added veteran backup Wolford on Tuesday, signing him as a free agent after he spent several years with the Los Angeles Rams.

"(Wolford) walks in as the smartest guy in the room Day 1. He's really dialed in ... he's played games and he really knows our system. There's a lot of good carryover from what they did at the Rams to what we were doing the last two years in Seattle. So it's a great room."

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