Would Bucs Draft A First-Round QB If One Fell To No. 19?

The Bucs bolstered the quarterback position during the first week of free agency by signing veteran Baker Mayfield to a one-year, prove-it deal worth $4 million. The contract, which can earn Mayfield as much as $8.5 million with incentives, is in line with the “value” signing plan Bucs general manager Jason Licht and head coach Todd Bowles spoke about at the NFL Scouting Combine.

And given its modest base salary, that contract does not automatically make Mayfield the starter over inexperienced third-year quarterback Kyle Trask. While Mayfield’s 69 games worth of NFL starts does give him an edge heading into offseason workouts, there will be an open quarterback competition between he and Trask.

That begs the question, would the Bucs consider drafting another quarterback if one fell to them in the first round?

NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah has Tampa Bay drafting Will Levis after the Kentucky quarterback fell to the team at No. 19 in his latest NFL mock draft. Jeremiah writes: “If Levis started to fall, I believe a team like Tampa Bay would trade up to get him. In this scenario, he falls right into their lap. Levis would compete with Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask for the starting job.”