The Facts: Tom Brady is now officially both a current player and a broadcast analyst-in-waiting, so Trask's time should be just around the corner, right? If only it were that easy. QBs coach Clyde Christensen tossed cold water on the possibility of Trask playing a larger role with Tampa Bay in 2022. Instead of battling to be Brady's understudy, it's back to the bench and the books for the second-year QB. "I don't see him competing with (Blaine) Gabbert (for the backup job) this year," Christensen told reporters.

Diehards Line: Brady's brief retirement forced the Buccaneers to confront a reality in which they'd have to send out the veteran backup Gabbert as their starter and get Trask ready to play -- or have them duke it out for the No. 1 job in training camp. This, of course, being the scenario if they couldn't find a way to snag a quarterback via trade (for Jimmy Garoppolo or Baker Mayfield, perhaps). But Brady's return relieved the Bucs of an immediate decision and confirmed to Christensen what he already knew: Trask would get the year he needed to continue to develop. "I see Gabbert being a backup and Kyle being a developmental guy, and we'll rep them that way," Christensen said, adding if Trask suddenly outplayed Brady by a remarkable margin, they'd reconsider their approach, though "the percentage chance of that happening isn't very good, and we frankly can't operate that way." Indeed, Trask brings the element of the unknown, and in response, he's in line to receive another "redshirt year" while also buying him "another year to develop and watch one of the best in the business (Brady) do his deal."