Elevencents
Footballguy
Can’t stand him. But with his ADP dropping even lower hard not to draft and stash.
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QB Jameis Winston, NO (11 Viewers)
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I don’t really understand the interest in this guy for fantasy. He’s never really been better than average and there is a glut of QBs that will provide similar or better production, with more upside. Why waste your time with him in redraft or dynasty? Who cares if he’s suspended? It shouldn’t really impact anything much. People assume there’s untapped potential because he was a first overall pick but he just isn’t good IMO.
Given his off the field stuff, in combination with his average play, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was out of the league in 3 years to be honest.
Given his off the field stuff, in combination with his average play, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was out of the league in 3 years to be honest.
TripItUp
Footballguy
He was on pace for 4900 yards, minus the time missed due to injury. That would have led the league in passing yards.
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massraider
Footballguy
Where we are coming FROM, is an entire recorded history of women's careers being stunted, or outright ruined, because they wouldn't put out at work, or had the audacity to complain about sexual harassment.
These are facts and these are undeniable.
It sounds like you think these are the good old days. (See? I can just assign a disgusting opinion to someone else too! Good times!!)
Bronco Billy
Footballguy
Yeah, the difference being that I’m not flippantly dismissing a fundamental principle of our entire system of justice in this country.
massraider
Footballguy
Neither am I, you are assigning an opinion to me so it fits your continuing fantasy of all these poor men whose lives are being ruined by all these terrible allegations.
Thank God for MeToo warriors, who empowered this woman to come forward.
You can start your legal defense fund for the handful of guys who are falsely accused. The relative number, conspired to the female victims, is essentially non-existent. Yet it's the only thing you want to talk about. Why is that, I wonder?
rustycolts
Footballguy
Interesting article in USA Today. Really doesn't paint him in a very flattering light. Doesn't surprise me that this has come up again with him some people never learn.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2018/06/28/nfl-goes-light-qb-jameis-winston-3-game-suspension/743341002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2018/06/28/nfl-goes-light-qb-jameis-winston-3-game-suspension/743341002/
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pantherclub
Footballguy
I am not defending him at all but the suspension is a result of a one time offense not an accumulation of his dumb behavior. Thats where the writer gets it wrong. Its a bit disingenuous to phrase the article like she did.
cobalt_27
Footballguy
TripItUp
Footballguy
extrapolated for a full season...with no time missed due to injury. He didn't finish all of his games started.
ETA: heard it on a PFF podcast I believe, didn't do the math myself
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ZWK
Footballguy
Winston had 11 games where he basically played the whole game (he missed significant chunks of the @AR & @NO games, as well as 3 full games). He had 3376 passing yards in those 11 games, which is on pace for 4911. TB had 4607 passing yards for the season, so they weren't all that far off the pace. And if we take Fitzpatrick's attempts and give him Winston's YPA then it goes up to 4796.
In his first 3 seasons he ranked 16th, 16th, and 12th in DVOA (out of about 35 qualifying QBs), 19th, 12th, and 18th in QBR (out of about 31), 16th, 22nd, and 12th in ANY/A (out of about 35). So he has been a pretty middle-of-the-pack QB, on the whole, at ages 21-23.
In his first 3 seasons he ranked 16th, 16th, and 12th in DVOA (out of about 35 qualifying QBs), 19th, 12th, and 18th in QBR (out of about 31), 16th, 22nd, and 12th in ANY/A (out of about 35). So he has been a pretty middle-of-the-pack QB, on the whole, at ages 21-23.
CalBear
Footballguy
What we know about sexual abuse in our society is that a reported incident is way more likely to be indicative of a pattern of behavior, that never got reported before, than it is to be an isolated incident.
You've probably heard the stat that one in five women is sexually abused in college. You may not have heard the stat that only one in 20 men commits sexual abuse in college. Or that over 60% of self-reported sexual abusers self-report multiple sexual abuses, with an average of 5.8 abuses per subject (Lisak and Miller, 2002).
Over 60% of sexual abuses go unreported (actual numbers hard to find, but clearly more than half). Rates of false reports are in the 2-10% range, depending on the study you look at.
So the likelihood that the report is the result of a long-standing pattern of abuse, that someone finally was willing to step forward (over many daunting obstacles) to report, is far greater than the likelihood that the accuser is filing a false report, or that the abuse was a one-time thing.
Grahamburn
Footballguy
I think they’ve already picked up his option for 2019. If Licht is still the GM after that season I’d expect him to sign with the Bucs on a contract containing language that gets Tampa off the hook if Jameis is suspended for any new infractions.
If Licht and Koetter are gone all bets are off.
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
I think that’s the issue. Save for an unexpected good season (in what may be the toughest division in the NFL)...those guys are dead men walking. They tried to replace Koetter already.
Hankmoody
Footballguy
It's only guaranteed for injury. If they want to move on they will be able to. Also, most contracts already have language with escape clauses in them ala Doug Martin, so getting one for Winston will be a no-brainer.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
i just traded for him as an upside QB2.
There’s no way Fitz keeps the job. Winston completely outplayed him in the preseason. No way.
Unless the bucs are wanting a high drFt pick?
ugh. Elevencents
Footballguy
Jameis Winston is prob one of my least favorite players in the NFL. He’s an idiot. But this is all coach speak. He is their franchise QB from an on the field standpoint. If they want to move on because of how he represents the team and his off the field issues that’s one thing - but he had a QB rating of 92.2 last year (13th) and would have thrown for 4000 yards had he played the whole season. He also had a fantastic preseason. He is their starter. He is their franchise QB (on the field). Anything else I don’t buy.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
I think that’s a stretch personally.
im 99.9% sure the GM is saying the right things to soften the blow on Fitzmagic.
this article has more of the GM’s quotes than anything. He gave him an “A” for the preseason performance & makes it sound like he’s trying to avoid controversy.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000957537/article/bucs-jameis-winston-not-guaranteed-to-start-week-4
the other interesting quote from the coach:
considering the 1st 3 are against brutal defenses, this all seems to set up an easy transition to Winston without hurting anyone’s feels.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Oh yeah - the last bit from coach would seem to telegraph this:
i believe the decision is Koetter’s.
i believe the decision is Koetter’s.
Truebluey
Footballguy
Education can't change a player's behavior (did school change yours?), but therapy can.
I am sure the Bucs have an excellent sport psychologist, but does Winston use him?
Grahamburn
Footballguy
It isn't out of the realm of possibility to have him out until week 6. Not likely, but possible. If Fitzpatrick plays well the first 3 games and they're say 2-1, I could see them letting him start week 4. It's a short week after a Monday night game and Jameis will have been away from the team for nearly a month. Week 5 is a bye, so I could see scenarios where they let Fitz start against the Bears with Jameis backing him up. 
If they're 0-3 or 1-2 Jameis starts week 4.
If they're 0-3 or 1-2 Jameis starts week 4.
NeverEnough
Footballguy
Winston has no value. I was laughed at when I tried to trade him for Dalton...DALTON!
Jefferson the Caregiver
Rebel Without A Pause
I dont want to say of course but yeah of course.
Fitz doesnt get pulled until something goes really wrong. He's won the job for now.
Grahamburn
Footballguy
Most fantasy guys don’t typically have a lot of foresight. Winston hasn’t played, his backup is on fire, and Dalton is coming off a nice game.
Good chance Jameis is starting after the bye week in my opinion. He’ll have the same weapons Fitzpatrick is playing with. I haven’t seen it mentioned much, and I also don’t know how much it matters now, but Jameis looked like the better QB during the preseason.
Elevencents
Footballguy
I have Winston and I’m pulling for Fitz, haha. I would love to see him take them deep into the playoffs.
Our waivers are messed up so I missed on Fitz (was gonna drop Tyrod who I picked up last week to rotate with Ben). Ended up picking Bortles back up who I initially dropped for Tyrod, meh.
Our waivers are messed up so I missed on Fitz (was gonna drop Tyrod who I picked up last week to rotate with Ben). Ended up picking Bortles back up who I initially dropped for Tyrod, meh.
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rockaction
Footballguy
He's almost surely likely a better quarterback than Fitzpatrick (I have to couch that a bit -- you don't last as long and have started in as many places as Fitz without flashing some sort of professional brilliance -- and Fitz has; it hasn't all been desperation) but given his recent brilliance you realize that Winston is much, much harder to root for on a personal level unless you're somehow tied to FSU and Florida for some ####### reason.
I think there's never going to be pure Jameis "football talk" for the football heads. Whether race has anything to do with it, I'll acknowledge that may play a factor and let others be the judge, but people don't revere Ben Roethlisberger either very much in parts outside PA and OH. I've heard some awful chants, and sentiment is dour.
Regardless, football talk. You go with the hot hand, like Jackson said. You don't lose your job to injury, but you sure as heck can lose it to professional conduct and personal malfeasance, and this is what a bunch of us in the thread told you and Capella way back when Winston was celebrating with crab legs at the draft.
There's a personal conduct policy and a legal system and people have to abide it. His behavior dictates that we talk about that instead of football stuff. You can't unlink it or say it's not inextricably intwined.
I have Winston rostered in a league I'd like to win. Tough for me.
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rockaction
Footballguy
And you can lose your job to injury, even; the converse is just a nice shibboleth proffered by people who play loyal but will subsequently kick your ### out the door if you get hurt like Belichick did to Bledsoe for Brady. What needs to be seen is when Fitz regresses to the mean of his talent, what is he within this offense compared to Jameis? And right now, that seems to be an open question that, much like Keenum and Bradford and co. last year, Fitz wants to keep ahead of enough to close the door on and snag another payday and starting chance with either Tampa or another club.
Don't forget, Keenum moved on from Minnesota once Shurmur left and the front office didn't want him -- but Shurmur loved him. I wouldn't be surprised to see them reunite up in NY in a year or so. It's so conditional, these things. We'll never get a good answer unless Jameis goes out and uses those weapons to win SBs. That's the only way to shut up critics, I guess. But until then, nobody outside of people with a personal or provincial (yes, I said it in every sense of the word) interest in Jameis are rooting for him to get that job back.
Don't forget, Keenum moved on from Minnesota once Shurmur left and the front office didn't want him -- but Shurmur loved him. I wouldn't be surprised to see them reunite up in NY in a year or so. It's so conditional, these things. We'll never get a good answer unless Jameis goes out and uses those weapons to win SBs. That's the only way to shut up critics, I guess. But until then, nobody outside of people with a personal or provincial (yes, I said it in every sense of the word) interest in Jameis are rooting for him to get that job back.
Grahamburn
Footballguy
Some Bucs’ fans (me) are rooting for him to get the job back because it’s the best thing for the franchise. So, yes, you’d be right. Granted, not all Bucs’ fans are necessarily rooting for the same things.
I’m certainly enjoying the games much more so far this season than last. However, Fitzpatrick is likely to retire after this season. He alluded to it prior to this one. I’m hopeful the organization doesn’t fall into a similar trap as the Jets if he decides he wants to play another year.
The best thing for Tampa Bay’s future is Jameis Winston playing good football at some point this season.
I’m certainly not rooting for a Fitzpatrick regression, but if he does I’m glad Jameis is there.
I’m certainly enjoying the games much more so far this season than last. However, Fitzpatrick is likely to retire after this season. He alluded to it prior to this one. I’m hopeful the organization doesn’t fall into a similar trap as the Jets if he decides he wants to play another year.
The best thing for Tampa Bay’s future is Jameis Winston playing good football at some point this season.
I’m certainly not rooting for a Fitzpatrick regression, but if he does I’m glad Jameis is there.
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rockaction
Footballguy
I believe the bolded. I also think that Jameis, from what I've seen of both, is a better quarterback and better for the long-term future of the franchise. I want to see him do well and be a model citizen. For sure.
I say that because, if we're talking pure football (and I still maintain we can't totally do that given the conduct policy of the NFL) I watched Fitz's last years in NY and got to see him a lot in Buffalo, and it was just terrible. He's capable of putting up some really questionable stinkers. That's why he's a journeyman; flashes of brilliance, some definite stink. But I do root for him (Fitz). I also root for Jameis both personally and professionally, to mature into someone worthy of esteem in all senses.
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Snorkelson
Footballguy
Yeah, but that’s on the jets and buffalo. This is easily the best offense fitz has played in, best weapons he’s ever had. It’s not like Winston has shown that he’s that tremendous. He’s not someone you’re hitching your gm job to for a few years but a decent qb. I hope they stick with him- I think he deserves it if he’s winning games he shouldn’t.
rockaction
Footballguy
Fitz has gently intoned that. We will see. I think it's meet me halfway across the sky. He's a smart guy with a Brett Favre mentality (he's a wildly poor man's Brett Favre) who now has a ton of tools.
We'll see. That's what I think the debate becomes. How long do we get to see?
Snorkelson
Footballguy
I think it comes down to the locker room and more specifically what people there think of Winston. If the players are behind him starting then they may make that move. But if he’s a jerk and the players are ticked that he put himself in this stupid position to get suspended in the first place then i see fitz running with it until it runs out of magic. If he comes in and they’re undefeated and they say “fitz is starting for now” how will he take that? Will he be a team player or will we see him throwing tantrums on the sideline when fitz misses on a 3rd down or throws an int?
rockaction
Footballguy
Yeah, your coaches have to be sensitive to what the team is feeling. It's one of the big reasons why Matt Flynn never started a game for the Seahawks (at 5 years - $55 million was it)? If the coaches are smart, they'll gauge the players' feelings. Jackson already said Fitz should start; I think he shouldn't have been so public, and I'll bet the coaches don't either.
I don't know. I'm just trying to explain in the thread why this "football talk" thing with Jameis wasn't going away gracefully, in a neat little bow. It's on a level with Gordon and Bryant and Brady and Welker (remember his four-game Molly?) and Roethlisberger and Elliott now.
PED suspensions are almost accepted within the culture. Personal conduct still remains subject to the vagaries of the commissioner's power and the players' actions and unions and constitutional protections. It's that complicated.
habsfan
Footballguy
I don't know what the Bucs will do but I would expect the decision to rest more on their long term opinion of Winston than on a "hot hand" approach. If they think he's a knucklehead who's reached the apex of his development already, they may roll with Fitz. If they don't think that, it wouldn't make sense not to go back to him.
Grahamburn
Footballguy
Tremendous, maybe not as a measure of total team performance, but what's the definition of tremendous at the age of 24? Jameis has broken all kinds of QB age records in his first three years. 1st QB ever to throw for 4,000+ in his first two seasons. Most passing yards ever before the age of 23. 3rd most passing yards ever in the first three seasons of his career. Passed Marino for the most passing TDs before the age of 24. To me, that's pretty damn tremendous.
And we as Bucs' fans should give up on him? Nah. He won't even be 25 until January.
I'm on record saying Fitzpatrick starts two more games. After the bye you go to Winston even if the team is 4-0. You have to see what Jameis can do with the same set of weapons and Monken calling the plays. If Jameis starts making bad decisions, turning it over, can't move the ball, and the Bucs start losing then it's time to move on and the team has the convenience of going to Fitzpatrick for the rest of the season.
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