Jameis Winston: on the cusp of making history!

[Mofo]

Imagine being the inaugural member of the NFL's "30-30 club": 30 touchdowns thrown in a season, plus 30 interceptions.

Jameis Winston is two interceptions from history

It takes a weird confluence of factors: Winston's ability, Winston's mistakes, opponents' great defense & luck and above all- the Buccaneers being close enough to playoff contention that they're willing to keep starting Winston.

I looked up the previous NFL QBs who threw 30 picks (or 30 TDs with a lot of picks) and only Lynn Dickey comes close :

George Blanda (1962) - 27 TDs, 42 INTs
John Hadl (1968) - 27 TDs, 32 INTs
Fran Tarkenton (1978) - 25 TDs, 32 INTs
Joe Namath (1967) - 26 TDs, 28 INTs
Richard Todd (1980) - 17 TDs, 30 INTs
Lynn Dickey (1983) - 32 TDs, 29 INTs

 

[broncosmitty]

Jose Canseco!!!

 

[richig07]

Imagine being the inaugural member of the NFL's "30-30 club": 30 touchdowns thrown in a season, plus 30 interceptions.

Jameis Winston is two interceptions from history

It takes a weird confluence of factors: Winston's ability, Winston's mistakes, opponents' great defense & luck and above all- the Buccaneers being close enough to playoff contention that they're willing to keep starting Winston.

I looked up the previous NFL QBs who threw 30 picks (or 30 TDs with a lot of picks) and only Lynn Dickey comes close :

George Blanda (1962) - 27 TDs, 42 INTs
John Hadl (1968) - 27 TDs, 32 INTs
Fran Tarkenton (1978) - 25 TDs, 32 INTs
Joe Namath (1967) - 26 TDs, 28 INTs
Richard Todd (1980) - 17 TDs, 30 INTs
Lynn Dickey (1983) - 32 TDs, 29 INTs

Blanda has the single season INT record. Of course, he did it as a Bear. Because that's a record we totally deserve to own. lol

 

[obxyankeefan]

Jose Canseco!!!

He would have done it, if it wasn't for that reporters favorite player Cal Ripken Jr.

 

[broncosmitty]

He would have done it, if it wasn't for that reporters favorite player Cal Ripken Jr.

Okay, fill me in on this.

 

[broncosmitty]

Jameis is kinda modern day Brett Favre imo.



His issues can be coached away, to a degree. But you can't teach confidence and he's loaded with confidence.

 

[Moab]

Jameis is must watch football...for all his brain dead and confusing plays, the Bucs are not usually out of the game...even without his top weapons, it's a fun game and he lets it all hang out.

The real question is do the Bucs resign him or let him go? Can they or do they believe they can harness the talent and eliminate the stupidity or just keep selling the excitement???

 

[Edonidd]

Imagine being the inaugural member of the NFL's "30-30 club": 30 touchdowns thrown in a season, plus 30 interceptions.

Jameis Winston is two interceptions from history

It takes a weird confluence of factors: Winston's ability, Winston's mistakes, opponents' great defense & luck and above all- the Buccaneers being close enough to playoff contention that they're willing to keep starting Winston.

I looked up the previous NFL QBs who threw 30 picks (or 30 TDs with a lot of picks) and only Lynn Dickey comes close :

George Blanda (1962) - 27 TDs, 42 INTs
John Hadl (1968) - 27 TDs, 32 INTs
Fran Tarkenton (1978) - 25 TDs, 32 INTs
Joe Namath (1967) - 26 TDs, 28 INTs
Richard Todd (1980) - 17 TDs, 30 INTs
Lynn Dickey (1983) - 32 TDs, 29 INTs

Peyton Manning was I believe 26 TD's 28 INT's as a rookie

 

[Robotech]

Jose Canseco!!!

Canseco was the first player to do 40-40 IIRC. Barry Bonds could've done it every year if he had really wanted to.

 

[PhoenixEagles1]

42 interceptions in a 12 game season. Jesus Blanda!

 

[Moab]

42 interceptions in a 12 game season. Jesus Blanda!

Come on dude, the game was way different back then

 

[PhoenixEagles1]

Come on dude, the game was way different back then

Yeah, they ran the ball more and passed a lot less. That’s almost 4 interceptions a game. I did not know the game back then was QBs throw a ton of I interceptions week after week.

 

[Robotech]

I'm rooting for him. Should be fun.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Okay, fill me in on this.

If you ever read Canseco's first book he blames everything on reporters love of Cal Ripken Jr. I do remember at one point him saying he could have been an American Hero of it wasn't for the way Ripken was treated.

 

[richig07]

Jameis is must watch football...for all his brain dead and confusing plays, the Bucs are not usually out of the game...even without his top weapons, it's a fun game and he lets it all hang out.

The real question is do the Bucs resign him or let him go? Can they or do they believe they can harness the talent and eliminate the stupidity or just keep selling the excitement???

It's the same Jameis that it has always been. Arian's offense is just him on steroids. All of the strengths are enhanced but so are the pitfalls. He's like a giant who can bench press a thousand pounds but has no athletic functionality.

Jameis is and always will be the black Jay Cutler. Eerily similar.

 

[richig07]

Peyton Manning was I believe 26 TD's 28 INT's as a rookie

Cutler was 27 TD's to 26 INT's his first season as a Bear. Those two are probably the best modern day comparisons.

 

[broncosmitty]

Canseco was the first player to do 40-40 IIRC. Barry Bonds could've done it every year if he had really wanted to.

Bonds was one helluvan athlete.

 

[broncosmitty]

If you ever read Canseco's first book he blames everything on reporters love of Cal Ripken Jr. I do remember at one point him saying he could have been an American Hero of it wasn't for the way Ripken was treated.

Could have been?



I brought him up on the NFL Forum and haven't got yelled at yet. Time has passed...

 

[broncosmitty]

Cutler was 27 TD's to 26 INT's his first season as a Bear. Those two are probably the best modern day comparisons.

 

[Comm1]

I looked at career interception stats a couple weeks ago. Winston was in the top 75 I think with 80 some interceptions. More then guys that have been active 8-9 + years