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This week’s topic: Was Winston’s late game outburst a good thing, or a bad thing?

Publisher Scott Reynolds: There are two obvious ways to look at Jameis Winston’s emotional outburst at the end of Tampa Bay’s 22-19 loss at Carolina on Sunday. The first is that Winston was being an immature, temperamental poor sport by verbally going after the officials after they awarded possession to the Panthers after Winston’s fumble deep in Tampa Bay territory – even though he came up with the ball with less than a minute to play. The second way is that Winston showed passion and an admirable never-give-up, fight-to-the-end spirit. The reality is that there is some truth to both sides of looking at Winston’s outburst, but I happened to like the passion he showed and his sense of timing regarding the outburst.

I’d rather have Winston pick that battle to fight at the end of the game than doing something similar much earlier in the game when the outcome has yet to be decided. Winston has had a couple of other passionate meltdowns over the past two years that came at the wrong time. Last year in a key, 26-20 loss at Dallas, Winston foolishly head-butted Cowboys linebacker Justin Durant in the red zone in the first half after a hard tackle for loss of running back Doug Martin. That drew a 15-yard penalty and forced the Bucs to settle for a field goal on that drive.

Earlier this year after leaving the Saints game with an injured shoulder, Winston came off the sidelines and poked rookie cornerback Marshon Lattimore in the helmet, which started a brief melee on the Bucs sidelines between Tampa Bay and New Orleans players. That led to wide receiver Mike Evans defending Winston by hitting and shoving Lattimore and resulted in his suspension for the next game against the New York Jets. The Bucs lost that game, 30-10 and that was a dumb decision by Winston.

Yet I wish more Bucs players had Winston’s will to win and passion. If they did perhaps this team wouldn’t be 4-11.

What Winston needs to do – as a leader and team captain – is pick his battles carefully and not let his emotions come out at the wrong time. As the Bucs’ field general, Winston needs to mature and operate more like a basketball coach that knows when to draw a technical foul to fire up his team.

Winston’s outburst at the end of game came when the outcome was all but decided, and I didn’t have a problem with it for that reason. I just hope his teammates were paying close attention so they could see the fire that still burns within Winston 16 weeks into a season that has been over for well over a month and decide to emulate that quality.

Editor Mark Cook: Good and bad.

I will start with why it was bad. Like it or not Winston is under an incredible microscope. And guess what, 95 percent of it is because he created this scrutiny with acts of immaturity. Is it fair it that it continues? Yes it is. Like the old saying goes, you made your bed now you have to lay in it. So Winston must be aware that every time he spits on a sidewalk, belches in a restaurant or loses his mind in football game, there are those waiting to pounce. Those are the facts and it will follow him as long as Winston is in the public eye. And every time there is a controversial moment, fair or not, it is a black eye on the franchise.

Now why it is good: I love the competitive nature. I love the fact he gives a damn. Some guys play football because they are good at it. They are superior athletically to most of us, therefore they can make millions of dollars playing a sport. But is the love of the game ingrained in their heart? You can’t say it isn’t in the case of Winston. The dude is a baller as my 17-year old son says.

This may come as a shock to some (not really) but I was a jerk when I played sports. I talked trash. I wasn’t a great athlete by any stretch, but when I lost I wanted to fight anyone who looked at me. Teammates, opponents, family members, it didn’t matter. I hated losing. I still hate losing. Losing is for losers.

Jameis Winston hates losing. He despises it. It wears on him. It consumes him. And when the team he quarterbacks has lost five in a row, and 11 games in one season, the frustration boils over. I get that.

I remember talking to Jimbo Fisher, Winston’s former head coach at FSU, and asked him once if Winston can be too emotional. He laughed and said, he would much rather have a played that he had to tell “whoa” that “giddy up.” You never have to tell Winston to giddy up.

The problem is there are too many players on the Bucs roster than you do have to say giddy up to.

I am guessing Dirk Koetter, Jon Gruden, or whoever is on the sidelines next season would prefer their leader to have to be reined in from time to time instead of motivated in the middle of the game. Players either have the passion or they don’t. It’s not anything that can be taught or learned. Winston most certainly has it, and while it will sometimes bite him on the rear, it is also a trait that can propel him to be the best quarterback the Bucs have ever had.

Beat Writer Trevor Sikkema: Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston has had an incredible last few weeks. He threw for 299 yards with three touchdowns against the Falcons on Monday Night Football, and followed that up by throwing for 367 yards and another touchdown against the Carolina Panthers. Not only that, he did it all while completing career highs in percentage, both above 77 percent for each game.