This is a very big year for Jameis Winston, a quarterback who has been known to run his life as it were a two-minute offense.
Arians is the self-proclaimed Quarterback Whisperer, which is the title of his autobiography. He’s mouthed instructions into the helmets into Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Andrew Luck and Carson Palmer.
Winston will be his last — and arguably — biggest challenge. The Bucs No. 1 pick in the 2015 is in the fifth and final year of his rookie contract, a club option that pays him $20.9-million, or roughly $1-million for every win he has produced (21) in his career.
Arians has known Winston since he attended his son’s football camp in Birmingham, Ala., when he was in middle school. He was already famous in those parts. Famous Jameis. Arians watched him win a Heisman Trophy and national championship at Florida State. But in the NFL, Winston has produced only one winning season, torn through two head coaches and got suspended for three games to start 2018 for violating the league’s player conduct policy.
