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Buccaneers’ Canales: QB Competition ‘Absolutely’ Tighter

Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales spoke to the media before practice on Tuesday and had some interesting things to say regarding Tampa Bay’s quarterback competition during training camp.

When asked his thoughts on if the quarterback competition has gotten tighter, Canales didn’t hesitate. “Oh, absolutely. I think that”, Canales said.

“Going back to the spring, we were in this room talking about it, and the pros and cons of just naming a starter for the comfortability versus playing this thing out. I think what we are seeing is a couple of guys who both have to put themselves into that starter mind frame going into the practices, knowing, ‘Hey, today is my day.