Jameis Winston needs to play and here’s why
Martin Fennelly, Times sports columnist
December 1, 2017 at 08:33 PM
TAMPA — Of course you play him.
There are people who think the Bucs should sit Jameis Winston, healthy or no, beginning Sunday at Green Bay, and shut him down for the rest of this lost season.
Do they have cheese for brains?
He plays.
Ryan Fitzpatrick did a fine job.
Winston is the starting quarterback.
He needs the work. Oh, does he need the work. He needs to get better. He needs wins. The only way those things happen is for him to play games, see more defenses, make more decisions, good or bad.
I didn’t completely understand everything Winston said Thursday in his first media session since early last month, since his finger-licking game at New Orleans.
He said he respected the process as the NFL investigates allegations he groped an Uber driver and he didn’t fear a suspension.
"I have no fear at all," Winston said.
He said, "I’ve been vindicated several times on those past situations (a sexual assault allegation when he was at FSU), so my statements on those accusations stand firm, too."
Okay, then.
Winston was asked about getting back on the field.
"I mean, this is my job," he said. "That is what God blessed me (with), to be able to play quarterback. When I am able to play, it’s not even in my mind about saving. There is nothing to save."
He’s right.
There is nothing to save.
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