When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers used a second-round pick on Florida Gators quarterback Kyle Trask, it seemed like the team was setting itself up for the future. Tom Brady wasn't going to get usurped by Trask, but the Bucs at least had a plan in place for when he eventually retired.
None of that plan went accordingly, and the time Trask spent with the Buccaneers now feels like a giant waste of time for everybody.
On Tuesday, the era -- if we can even call it that -- came to an end. The Bucs released Trask as part of the team's final roster cuts. His exit from Tampa might be the most excitement he's ever drummed up, which is a pretty unfortunate way for his time with the team to end given how it could have gone.
Buccaneers releasing Kyle Trask is a bummer ending to his time with Tampa Bay
The Bucs are moving on from Trask; it's just how they're doing it that is a little complicated. According to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, the Bucs plan to release Trask, but he will revert to IR with a shoulder issue. After that, he'll then work out a settlement or release soon and look for a new team.
Either way, this is the end of the plank for Trask and there's no more distance left to run.
Trask could have been the heir to Brady, but he never developed into a solid successor. There's a number of different factors at play, not the least of which is the fact that Trask never saw the field while Brady was with the Bucs which didn't put him in a position to be someone who the torch got passed to.
Baker Mayfield eventually stepped in, beat out Trask in training camp, and nobody has looked back since.
For all that Trask failed to do, it's worth giving him a little benefit of the doubt given the bummer situation he was put in. Usually, quarterbacks drafted as high as he was end up becoming more than forgotten pieces on the roster -- or potential liabilities at worst.
In no universe did any Bucs fan have any real confidence that Trask could step in and lead the team if something happened to Baker. The fact that Teddy Bridgewater has been with the Bucs for less than a month and has already taken Trask's job says it all, but there's still hope he can catch on somewhere else in the league and get the chance he never got with Tampa Bay.
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