Heading into the second week of the preseason and a long trip to Pittsburgh, Head Coach Todd Bowles wasn’t even sure he would put Teddy Bridgewater into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ second game of the preseason. The initial plan was to give starter Baker Mayfield his first – and probably only – action of the preseason, but Mayfield’s work in that joint practice on Thursday was extensive and impressive enough for Bowles to change his mind. Meanwhile, he saw enough from Bridgewater, who had only signed with the team 11 days earlier, to deem him ready for his first action as a Buccaneer. Thus, Bridgewater didn’t know until Friday that he was going to be answering the opening bell.