Todd Bowles Forced to Cut Ties With QB as Buccaneers Face $250,000 Headache Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles waives QB from his roster but gets left struggling with the $250,000 mistake in preseason. Amit Ku

For three straight seasons, Todd Bowles built his quarterback room like a fortress, layers of experience, competition at every level, and no fear of making a tough call. It helped Tampa Bay finish first in the NFC South three years running, even as other rosters crumbled under injuries and inconsistency. But last season, Bowles took a calculated risk. He brought in Michael Pratt , a 6-foot-2, 217-pound gunslinger out of Tulane with almost 10,000 career passing yards, 90 touchdowns, and the 2023 AAC Offensive Player of the Year trophy on his shelf. On paper, it was a low-cost, high-upside swing. In reality? It never got off the ground.

The news dropped on August 12th evening from The Athletic ’s Greg Auman, “ Bucs have waived-injured QB Michael Pratt, who hadn’t practised this y