Tampa Bay Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator Greg Olson said that third-year QB Josh Johnson is “entrenched” as the team’s No. 2 quarterback behind former first round pick and incumbent starter, Josh Freeman.

The Bucs’ other quarterbacks, Rudy Carpenter and undrafted rookie free agent Jevan Snead, never have taken a snap in the NFL even though they have some upside.

“A year ago, he was out of the mix,” Olson said of Johnson to Rick Stroud (St. Petersburg Times). “We had Luke (McCown) and Byron (Leftwich) in here and we had just drafted Josh Freeman. So Josh Johnson was getting very few if any reps.

The nice thing is we’re still in the process of developing Josh Freeman, but Josh (Johnson) has entrenched himself as that No. 2 guy right now, so he’s getting the majority of the other reps.”

“I’m a different quarterback because of that experience,” Bucs QB Johnson said. “I have those games I can look back on and understand exactly what happens out there. It’s totally different now because I’m the one getting the reps.”

Johnson barely completed half of his passes (50.9%) last season for 685 yards. He also threw twice as many interceptions as touchdowns.

Johnson is a former 5th round selection with a ton of upside with tremendous physical tools but is still very raw, as is the case with starter Josh Freeman and rookie Jevan Snead.

With not a lot of experience on the roster, and a ton of youth at the WR position with, second round pick, rookie Arrelious Benn and second year receiver Sammie Stroughter, there could be a lot of problems in the Bucs passing game.