Thursday, 4 a.m.
Good, I guess.
Or maybe not. You decide.
It’s hard to decide whether it was a good decision or a bad one when the Bucs chose to bring back Kyle Trask as its seldom-used backup quarterback Wednesday. For that matter, it’s hard to decide if it was a good decision by Trask, either.
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Three years into his NFL career, there is much we still don’t know about Trask, other than the fact he looks okay in the team picture. In three years, he’s attempted 11 passes. He’s completed four. He had zero wins, and zero moments.
All we really know about Trask is that a much, much larger segment of fans have an outsized appreciation for him. For some reason, they still believe he a) didn’t get enough of a shot to beat out Baker Mayfeild and b) all those offensive coordinators must have had it in for him.
Given all that, it wouldn’t have been a surprise if the Bucs and Trask had chosen to travel different paths.
They didn’t. The re-signing of Trask gives us a couple of hints.
One: The Bucs still think there is enough there to win a game or two if Mayfield is hurt. And that Trask, despite the under-use, wasn’t busting to get into a different jersey. Or, that each side sees the other as a way to success.
Granted, if a quarterback doesn’t make a bit of an impact after three years — even as a backup — it’s hard to see him becoming a star. But Aaron Rodgers completed just 35 passes in his first three years, and he became a threat. Jordan Love threw 50 passes his first two seasons. Rich Gannon completed nine passes in his first three years. Kurt Wamer completed four balls his first year.
So, yeah, it can happen. Trask could still get out of this with a successful career.
Who knows? It could even happen here.
It’s just harder to believe it than ever.