Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken said something interesting on Wednesday: "Really good quarterbacks make guys look really good." To be clear, he's not the first to say it. In fact, he's not even the first person within the Bucs' organization to say it during training camp. Head Coach Dirk Koetter has said the exact same thing. But for whatever reason, this time it triggered a train of thought that I'm going to ask you to go with me on.

Each time it's been said, it's been in reference to quarterback Jameis Winston, who has not only been working with the first team as you'd expect from a franchise quarterback, but due to his unavailability for the first three games of the season, has also been taking a substantial amount of snaps with the third team. This is to allow quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who will take the helm for the first three games, the opportunity to mesh with the first team as well. But a by-product of this split is that young, developing receivers are now getting more quality reps because of who is throwing to them: a guy that makes everyone around him better, according to Monken.

It just so happens that the Bucs are faced with a positional battle at receiver that is one of the toughest in recent memory. There are conceivably nine or 10 receivers vying for five or six spots on the 53-man roster because they're that good.