The Buccaneers know for sure that they will be replacing Tom Brady at quarterback for 2022 and beyond.
Brady’s retirement changes everything for the Bucs as they are no longer seen as a threat to make it to the playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl. The Bucs would have been confident Super Bowl contenders for one more season with Brady. Now they’re facing an identity crisis.
There is one possible available QB that could keep the good times rolling for the team, should they actually pursue him. Rodgers, who has been linked to potential trades with the Denver Broncos and the Las Vegas Raiders, could be a fit in Tampa Bay, according to one prominent sports talk radio host.
On “The Colin Cowherd Podcast,” Colin Cowherd proposed to Fox Sports analyst Nick Wright a trade that would put Rodgers in Tampa Bay in 2022.
“I’ll throw this at you, Brady retires. … Aaron Rodgers says I want out, so [Packers wide receiver] Davante Adams is out,” Cowherd said. “Aaron agrees to Tampa, Green Bay says we want [Bucs wide receiver] Mike Evans, we’re not losing Davante and getting nobody.”
“Green Bay gets [Bucs pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul], Mike Evans, two firsts [and] up to three [draft picks] if Aaron plays a third year, which has always been something you’ve talked about,” Cowherd continued to Wright. “Two [picks] guaranteed, up to three if he plays a third year. If he retires after two, you get two minimum, even if he retired after [just one] year.”
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Bucs head coach Bruce Arians previously spoke to the potential of Brady’s retirement and how the team would address his replacement during a press conference last month.
“I like what we have, but again, you never know what’s behind Door No. 2,” Arians continued. “We kind of went down that road two years ago, and there was Tom Brady. We’ll have to wait and see.”
The wait and see is here and now things have changed totally in Tampa.
