It now appears certain that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will open the 2015 season with a different starting quarterback than the one who was under center at the end of 2014.

On Wednesday, the Buccaneers released veteran quarterback Josh McCown, who started 11 of the team’s 16 games last season, including the final eight. An unrestricted free agent who signed with Tampa Bay last March after three years with the Chicago Bears – including two under current Buccaneers Head Coach Lovie Smith – McCown was anointed the Buccaneers starter over incumbent Mike Glennon to start the season. Glennon, who started 13 games as a rookie in 2013, regained that job in Week Four after McCown suffered a thumb injury at Atlanta on September 18 but the team went back to the veteran passer in Week 10.

via Scott Smith of Buccaneers.com