27. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bucs would love nothing more than for Jameis Winston to suddenly catch fire and become the first quarterback the team has drafted ever to sign a second contract with the club. But Winston has had 4½ seasons to show he can be a franchise quarterback, and he hasn’t done it. Why would that change over the last half of the season? It won’t. That’s going to put the Bucs in a difficult situation in the offseason. They could decide to draft a quarterback, because backup Ryan Griffin never will be a candidate to start. But bringing in a rookie quarterback would mean starting over and several more losing seasons for the Bucs. The likely scenario is the Bucs put the franchise tag on Winston and give him one more year to work with coach Bruce Arians. Maybe that’s what Winston needs for the lights to go on. Or maybe the Bucs will be looking to draft a quarterback in 2020. “Look, if you haven’t made a decision on this guy by now, that’s probably a sign he’s not your answer,” one panelist said.
