The NFL’s Most Puzzling Career: The Rise and Fall of Jameis Winston

What Really Happened to Jameis Winston? The quarterback made the pro bowl as a rookie but was a backup just a few years later...Why did this fall happen?
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[@charleswright9696]

in the history of the NFL, he's one of a few QBs that can and will keep both teams in the game. lol

[@MrFLUIZZLE]

Truth.

[@WhiteyThePooh]

True 😂

[@lvnn_good6700]

True asf 😂

[@mckickz665]

Lmao facts

[@blvckdxvth]

i love jameis like kin, but he’s definitely one to make sure the game stays competitive.

[@CyrusJanssen]

As a Florida State alum I'll always remember that 2013 run! He was always entertaining, a bit nutty, great video as always Lauren!

[@virgildailey1970]

Yep, I remember Crab Legs!

[@Balfast81]

Slight correction regarding the 2019 1st round QBs... Dwayne Haskins was also drafted in the first round with the 15th pick by Washington.

[@SheGotSports]

Yes my bad!!!

[@chasea3]

Winston was drafted in 2015…

[@chip2854]

As a Browns fan I fully expect him to start 8 games. I’m both excited and scared of that.

[@ConleySmooge]

Since you guys, somehow, never had Ryan Fitzpatrick on your team. He's a taller, blacker version of that guy. With less rushing ability.

[@bigbearkat2010]

That would be something to see since I somehow STILL have Browns fans telling me Deshaun is going to roll out his revenge tour any day now

[@BigBoyDQ]

Well as a buccaneers fan let me tell you get ready to okay the game of pick or no pick every possession

[@Hereth_Edits]

As a bucs fan, get ready for the rollercoaster! The highs are so high but the lows are so devastating low. You’re gonna be constantly in suspense and frustrated not knowing what Jameis is going to do next.

[@ConleySmooge]

@@Hereth_Edits with Baker Mayfield you get everything that Jameis was, with 75 percent less picks. That's why he is both good and underrated. Jameis was right when he said he's was ballin without the picks. He was right. Take 50 percent of his picks away, and he was a pro bowler. But.... he did throw all those picks. And just could not stop.

[@AntManNFL]

I miss old version of Winston this vid was a good one

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

He gets the Saints to Wild Card if he doesn’t tear his ACL. He loved NOLA, but Dennis Allen just wanted him to rot away on the bench, because for whatever reason, he hated him.

[@Scott-je7rc]

As a lifelong Bucs fan, this is what I have to say Jameis’ tenure here: Our Offensive Line and Running game wasn’t anything to lose sleep over. From 2017-2018, our Defense was so bad to where at 1 point in 2018 they were on track to giving up more yards for the season than our 1976 Defense (76 Defense was giving up about 390 yards per game, our 2018 Defense was giving up nearly 400 per game before Mike Smith was fired). To Jameis’ defense, the losing wasn’t all on him. He had some games where he played well but the Defense looked incompetent. When Arians got in, Quarterbacks usually throw more interceptions on average due to Arians’ aggressive style. Towards the end of the 2019 season, our WR Corps was hammered with injuries to where Jameis was throwing to guys who were backups and occasionally practice squad players. He definitely had some moments that were indefensible to where it was straight up infuriating to witness, that being said, the losing from 2017-2019 wasn’t entirely his fault. In the end though, we got Tom Brady from Free Agency and won Super Bowl 55. 👍

[@dennishaganjr]

genuinely one of the best sports channels out there😭CRAZY that i’m only now getting recommended these videos

[@DrButsie]

I've heard a rumor not sure if its true or not, but Jameis was offered to stay with the Bucs to backup Tom Brady, but declined.

[@BryKG]

Other way around from what I remember. He was willing to stay in Tampa behind Brady but Tampa didn't want him back because they already had Gabbert and Griffin under contract

[@12thMandalorian]

Winston always comes across as a fun life loving character, I’d love a drink with the dude

[@f430ferrari5]

He’s steal your lobster and crab though. 😂

[@9ChefGerm7.]

I am a Buccaneers fan ! He was hot booty butt cheeks was at the first game that first throw pick 6 I damn near cried. I lost so much money. But we got blessed with Tom !

[@mckickz665]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@jayels3036]

@@mckickz665I’m a Bucs fan and the Bucs as a team was ass.

[@eddienash2095]

@@jayels3036 They won the Superbowl the very next year...All of their team leaders were on the team with Winston...Fournette and Gronk weren't even starters for most of the season AB didn't get there until week 9 and they were 6-2 before he came and 5-3 after getting him. The one position I'll give you is Wirfs and that was a lucky homerun that never happens. If you look at the roster the Bucs were starting 19 of 22 starters that played with Winston...

[@jayels3036]

@@eddienash2095 so Bucs winning the Super Bowl without Brady Gronk ab fournette. Plug in any other free agent qb but Brady with friends. Bucs didn’t defense was trash since before jameis got drafted. No run game. Dif kicker every year. To solely place blame on Winston for his time there is crazy. Y’all really act like the Bucs were balling every year but jameis held em back lol. If Bucs were so great why they drafted number one anyways. 2019 even with all the ints Bucs would’ve won 2 or 3 more games if Arians didn’t fuck with the kicker.

[@jahsoul357]

@@eddienash2095 How many members from the 2019 team scored a point in the Super Bowl? That should tell you all you need to know. The Bucs won the Super Bowl because of their improved defense, O-line, special teams, and the fact that they modified the offense for Brady because he was struggling in Arians system. People ignore a lot

[@edwardgraham7993]

Great video, Lauren. The information that you gave about my team former QB was phenomenal imo. 😍

[@christianpoint0888]

That’s a funny angle !

[@duetsteam9611]

saw him throwing an 8yrd pass 9yrds off the spot in a wide open receiver situation

[@jahsoul357]

I saw him do that too. I then saw Tom Brady do it the very next season. They conveniently put those on the WRs. Crazy how that works. "Eye test..."

[@sawyerhinck2471]

He’s very underrated I just hope he gets to be a starter in the next few years.

[@sandrabecht613]

Total doofus and dirty player. No one will start him. That´s over

[@mckickz665]

Lmao not happening lmao

[@HouseCat19]

@@mckickz665lmao lmao lmao lmao

[@GH-ub7qz]

ha...

[@brentoneil7267]

No body cared about the bucs running game until Brady came to the bucs.

[@derekjwilliams007]

Facts 💯

[@cpthammerz1745]

I am so glad you mentioned the eat the w speech, that’s an epic piece of famous Jameis lore

[@brotherjohnwaynecausey]

Great video Lauren l'm looking forward to football season already

[@SheGotSports]

Same here!

[@brotherjohnwaynecausey]

@@SheGotSports are you doing a Prediction for the upcoming season for the NFL season this year

[@urrealdad76]

I know this is an old video, but I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your them. Thank you

[@ultrametric9317]

You are GOOD at this!

[@Juzreg]

Before the 50/50 relationship topic we had the 50/50 Jameis Winston throws

[@HipHopNerdHarryGusto]

More like 30/30 relationship #riseup

[@jahsoul357]

@@HipHopNerdHarryGusto LOL@Rise Up. The Falcons are the last team that should say anything about Winston. In the history of your franchise, there are probably like only 4 QBs that have play better against yall....and again, this is the entire history of your franchise..lol

[@alenfavela2305]

Subscribed immediately . Glad I found your channel

[@mandelharvey3429]

His mannerisms and swagger I swear he looks like the president of the united states. Every time he's in a suit he looks like he's on the way to his inauguration. I'd vote for him.

[@ashlywilson5266]

Keep up the good work

[@theShadowBolts20]

As an FSU alumni i loved watching him play. As a bucs fan he was infuriating half the time lol

[@johnkeilloh2682]

He was the hero of fantasy football in “that” year. Just have Jameis as your QB and whoever they played as defense of week was a winning play.

[@_not_sure_]

unexplicably is not a word. inexpiably is a word.

[@christophergarcia9005]

Great videos every time I watch

[@respectdawildo_danjones508]

3:08 this is a ridiculously hilarious clip here that can sum up his career The ref imitated him 🤣

[@caleballen618]

Incredible video this is awesome

[@Mickgeodan23]

Favorite player to watch of all time

[@TygerClawGaming]

I looked up the phrase "More trouble than they're worth" and it showed me Jameis Winston

[@SpectacularSports21]

Great Video keep up the great work 🔥🔥🔥

[@gregrowe1168]

I don’t remember a rise in his career. He had flashes of greatness but was as inconsistent as you could be. His 30/30 season will probably never be duplicated. 30 td and 30 int. Similar to Tebow, his college teams were so good that it masked his subpar talent as a qb. Matt Lionert is another in that category. Amazing college career, complete bust in the NFL.

[@denisceballos9745]

Famous Jameis was a bit immature coming out of college, sort of didn’t have the mental aspect down that’s so crucial to reading defenses and knowing where and when to throw into coverage. So, despite the talent and obvious skill, he became known for his untimely turnovers. The video clips and narration is excellent. 👏🏼

[@michael7054]

Great video! I think the injuries were awful for him later on. Maybe Deshawn Watson will get hurt yet again and Jameis will do well. I hope Deshawn doesnt get hurt though. You know what i mean.

[@larryseigler1459]

Ur channel is amazing

[@duanejessup3708]

As a Saints fan I will always love Jaboo and miss him here.

[@alexandru5369]

Jameis is is the example of a Jekyll and Hyde. He literally throws as many Td's as he does INT's like how is that possible?

[@0ptimal]

Lol. I always liked Winston. He was funny n not scared to unleash the ball. He could rack up some yards w the best of em, but it came w a price. Sean Payton reigned him in tho n got a good result from it. Its one thing that i admire payton for

[@TimothySchulz-fl5zn]

That "however" verbal tic...

[@KendoeMoore0714]

Thanks for sharing

[@ottohawkins7155]

His Time is just yet to come u watch and see

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Happy Father's Day Lauren❤ 2:20

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

That one season was like a Madden season. 5000 yards, 33 tds and 30 interceptions lolol

[@boo2731]

I hope Jamies never finds himself on my team, but I hope he stays in the league. Dudes great entertainment 😂

[@flyfisherrod1090]

You do a great job of being very thorough but on this show, you missed something important. When He was in New Orleans it was discovered how Jameis had real problems with his eyesight and needed corrective eye surgery. That would explain such a high interception record.

[@UptownV-hp3uf]

Bruh threw 5 picks and a fumble in one game, thats crazy work right there 😂😵‍💫☠️

[@Footballrealist84]

Jameis 1st season at FSU was really good. However he always showed immaturity and the Bucs still made him the # 1 pick! 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@CAINE1984]

I'm 7:12 in, and we're "eating a w" and the thing I noticed is at every turn Jamis is doing things I stopped doing by 17. Jamis hit 16, became a big shit and never grew out of it. He just stopped there.

[@johnherring450]

Bwing in the pro bowl and then a few seasons later being 3rd string isnt that far of a stretch. I mean some aren't even still in the league a few sessions later

[@brentmcmanus1336]

3 QBs went in the 1st round of the 2019 NFL draft #RIPDwayneHaskins

[@DPWian]

I don’t think there was ever a “rise” with this guy. Just the fall since he’s been in thr NFL.

[@BoyWonder1914]

Bro is a legend and I don’t care what anyone says 😂

[@joscot9081]

Hold onto your crab legs everyone

[@stevejaner]

Should of been given another chance to start?!?! I don't know if any qb ever had more chances

[@awakenedbyyhuhassembly6015]

His issue was always accuracy

[@kevinn4038]

That knee injury killed his career.

[@drocxxx712]

Crazy how so e of the top players in college dont produce in the NFL besides injuries like trent richorson from Alabama and so many moore its sad i live underdog storys anyway players that got hardly any reconishion and end up great because they stay coachable money amd ego gets in the way of soany players nowadays

[@BudokaiRoger]

I’m sorry but when his first pass in the nfl was a pick six I just had a feeling he was gonna be a bust in the future

[@jahsoul357]

Yet, a team that won 2 games before won 6 and then 9 the next season. Looks like you should have looked at more games..

[@suntitan4429]

This guy might have been a good qb but for sure is crazy hilarious let’s eat a w 😂what the heck was that

[@ShekaGolden]

😂😂😂

[@robthebeekeeper8997]

You and Skip Bayless should have a show together!♥️♥️♥️

[@BackinactionBro]

This is where James becomes his most hated player in history 😂

[@metomhub]

he also got in trouble in college for stealing crab legs at a publix. that was big news in florida

[@lmzdageneral9765]

Love Smith left Tampa Bay it was over

[@derekjwilliams007]

Yes 💯

[@Maskxprx]

Ohio State won the national championship in 2015. They beat the snot out of Oregon

[@49ers_red_and_gold2]

Lauren 🔥

[@ledzeppelin820]

I think he’s a perfect backup, definitely better than Daniel Jones

[@Daniel-bm5gf]

So overall, lauren, in your opinion is he even a starting qb anymore?

[@GenX_-um2ct]

He is this generations Jake Plummer. Big arm, but tiny brain.

[@jahsoul357]

But yet, everyone raves about his football IQ...lol

[@brotherjohnwaynecausey]

Oh l got a New York Giants running back on my fantasy football team this year

[@freshnorthwest6756]

turnovers are what KILL teams, he deserved to be stuck on the bench. He needs to prove himself consistently or his prior stats mean absolutely nothing. You CANNOT have a backup that is prone to turning the ball over, no team wants that. If he got his turnover issue figured out than he would have more opportunities. Jamies needs to figure out his turnover issue, if he figures that out he can have a long career. If he can't, then he will be a lifetime backup for teams that are not in playoff contention. Thats just the way the NFL works.

[@phipsdeus2]

I’m waiting for the ESPN 30 for 30 about that special season!!😂😂😂

[@georgesouthwick7000]

I don’t think Jameis “decided to redshirt”. The team made that decision for him.

[@JLE8811]

30 TDs and 30 INTs in the same season. What do you even do with that?

[@lucristianx]

Nathan PeterGOAT

[@freakzisback]

Lack luster group of receivers????? Mike Evans was there

[@DavidBorowski-vz5pe]

I wonder how much time he spent watching film and learning to read a defense.

[@stevenw2369]

You can clearly see that that wasn’t a horse collar tackle

[@kallel6588]

Crab legs

[@eddienash2095]

I watched in disgust when Jameis threw the pick 6 to end the Bucs season and was done with him as a player...Once that clown joined the Aints I was done with him as a person..."cleanest football of his career" While leading the 31st ranked offense doing dink and dunk...That Aints offense was garbage...and Bucs fans knew as soon as he tried to push the ball down the field bad things would happen...and they did...

[@pedro3131]

Crab legs?

[@jacobleroux96]

Winston also had terrible eye sight in college

[@678rwhp]

Bessemer is way closer to auburn than ua. He's an auburn hometown boy. I'm from the auburn area and an FSU fan so i have an irrational man love for Jameis. Jameis couldn't read a defense. I'm not sure he'd ever be able to overcome that. But let's be fair. The bucs oline wasn't exactly giving him comfortable pockets to throw from.

[@jahsoul357]

Um....Bessemer is the opposite direction..lol. Bessemer is much closer to Tuscaloosa, like just down 59. He would have to drive 25 minutes down 459 to 65, drive another 75 minutes to Montgomery, and then hit 80 for about 45 minutes..lol

[@kevt7883]

Winston is fully capable of been a top QB in the league on the back end of his career if he committed himself mentally and physically to football

[@ricksonconserve9771]

#1 defense #1 run games… Winston or Daniel Jones?🤔

[@PokerGOAT-ny4io]

Who wants that W ? Who is gonna eat that W ? 😂😂😂

[@randy_the_scientologist]

And he stole crab legs

[@Cooe.]

Mr. Consistently Inconsistent. 🤷

[@nickkosavvy8225]

He never played in a single playoff game got too full of himself ppl wanna talk shit bout Russ and shit but don’t wanna talk bout how Jamies is garbage at most he’s mid but he was never elite I like his competitiveness but he never carried his team to the post season even when he went with the saints he didn’t play

[@SurviveTheDay]

Just undisciplined.

[@topdogalpha]

I just realized how ugly jameis' spiral was/is. Ive never seen such an ugly sprial in the pros

[@ssherrierable]

He’s also the youngest brother of rapper yung joc

[@michaelburns3200]

Oregon didn't when the National Championship

[@dariussmart4749]

14:00 If he wasn't a so called black person he would be starting. Go look at Brett Faver career stats especially 2005. long story short, I have a powerful voice. In the community And we all know JW is one of the best. Keep making videos and talking , but no one Will ever believe the lie never ever,,,,,,,,, Again never ever. And yes manning is the goat.

[@kinglord7707]

Jameis Winston downfall is when Tom Brady too his spot

[@debbiebrantley61]

He’s a turnover machine,that’s always been his issue

[@jahsoul357]

Turnover machine? So tell me about the other 12 games in a standard Jameis Winston season, because outside of 2019, majority of his seasons would consist of games with 1 or no interceptions. Crap, you still got some people that think fumbles instead of fumble lost are turnovers..lol. Truth is, his interceptions were exaggerated, for reasons. He would give you multiple about 3-4 games but more often than not, he had mostly clean games.

[@jaesonburd7165]

Jamis had great game feel, which people took for football intelligence. But his lack of cognitive ability also applied to football. He is just not very bright. His development seems stunted at 11-12 years old.

[@SuspectShot23]

Fun Fact: They didn't eat one

[@lamontebenberry498]

Very talented but not fully committed to football and if u expect to be gr8 u have to be all-in all the time

[@dominiccocchiola6922]

Imagine never stepping on a football field and starting a KZbin channel about football

[@SheGotSports]

Cope

[@domo02442]

​@@SheGotSports You're right.. this is how *I* cope, by simply stating the truth. ok let me proof read this a bit and whoooppps! Too long i forget millennial attention span has to be 140 characters Clearly your entire channel is how you cope with the type of *GIRL* you are. Being a leader of men is just like these comments, its hard work, you'll have to answer to many many more questions like this because we respect those who have the metal to keep up with us. If you complain you show your not willing to compete. If you defend yourself you show youre too invested.. You want a mans world.. here you go.. The critique is seriously that you dont, nor do you offer a unique perspective because we are not talking about things men dont know that women do.. your not unifying anyone and your just providing washed up, re-ran, re-edited content which other ACTUAL journalist have already parroted way more than we cared to hear to begin with. Sports media is dying for a fresh perspective which is not as contrived as all our other media sources yet your channel supports contrived, fake, scripted story lines we have already heard.. If you had an ounce of metal or could *cope* with comments youd leave them alone or otherwise realize im trying to direct you to create an effective you tube channel that empowers WOMEN rather than forcing GIRLS into spaces for MEN..Im not sure if you realize this channel is now part of a largely complicit in a sociological back-washing of values in america which specifically are designed to stop humans from procreation. Such is a circumstance which I regard you as an unwitting victim to. Again, you come off like a logical woman, a masculine female- the same sex is only mean to us when we show it disrespect to it and so I wouldnt be shocked to find women are always mean to you. You act like a man so men compete with you, using you for the social contract and sex but never LOVE you. Love is a power struggle to a *GIRL* like you and this is simply because you never learned to be aligned with your humanity as a woman.. OR VERY simply put for this chick who clearly WISHES she had broader shoulders, Have you ever thought about creating content that actually empowers women find themselves?

[@terrenceliburd8655]

Too many ints, just too, too many ints

[@jahsoul357]

Interceptions wasn't the reason the Bucs weren't winning. And he didn't throw "too many ints" until 2019.

[@williamstocker584]

99 career interceptions