Spent five years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This is already
year 34 Jameis Winston in New Orleans, he's back from a foot
injury. It, remember they downplayed it first. Chris,
when it happened on August 9. Ah, he won't be adds
a little sweet thing. Yeah, twelve days later. He was back
for seven on seven. One day after that, he's back in 11 on
11 drills. Dennis Allen, the coach, the team says he's
comfortable with. Winston doesn't play at all in
the preseason. A lot of
quarterbacks aren't playing at all in the preseason.
The Question is, will he truly be 100% good to go week one
between the ACL from week 8 of last year,
when they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and I think it was
Trevor Simeon that came in and yeah the day. Yeah. Right. And
and now he's got this foot. That is
presumably closer to 100%.
I think he'll be ready to go week. One,
the question is, how you know, how effective is he going to
be? And there's a lot of questions about the Saints but
Jameis Winston's health is not one of them currently. No,
I mean, good good, that's good news to hear and then Jameis
Winston. As We Know,
And if he can kind of get comfortable here, he's he can
make plays and be dangerous as a quarterback. He made a punny
of them, you know, in Tampa,
he had a year where what he threw for 5,000 yards one year,
right? He had 30 touchdowns, I know he had the 30
interceptions to but my point is that there is still good in
this guy's game and
you know it's odd they haven't played Andy Dalton yet in
the preseason and,
you know, he's the backup. They've been playing in Buck.
But, you know, as something we have said
all offseason. I mean this is kind of the under the radar.
Big deal that I don't think has gotten made may be enough of
a big deal because
I think the Saints are going to be a major player in the NFC.
I think you think the same thing too and just looking at their
team like you go. Okay. Old line going to be one of
the better ones in football. D-line
gonna be one of the better ones in football.
Secondary pretty damn good. I mean Marshawn, Latimore's still
a top 10 quarter, go corner, you got Tyrann, Mathieu.
Paulson The Debo a kid that played last year as a rookie
did a good job. He looks like he's real Chauncey. Gardiner
Johnson's real deal. So there's a lot to look at Demario. Davis
is still real deal and they have Alvin Kamara and then
the biggest thing is
they got weapons at receiver. Chris so Lobby looks legit
and then you couple that with Jarvis Landry and hopefully
Michael Thomas, me and healthy, you shouldn't even go. Well,
why couldn't the New Orleans Saints? Get to the playoffs. As
I look at them and go know, they are definitely one of
the better teams in football
but Jameis Winston do they can they play this year and let it
go?
Or do they have to manage it like they did last year
and that, you know, that. That was he. Yeah, he was getting
used to it. Sean Payton offense, all of that, you know,
and I don't think he was free that way and maybe that was
a good thing. So we'll see what kind of adjustments. He's made
to his game
and see if he can, you know, make some more plays this year
to where they don't have to manage the game quite as much
around him.
Remember the thing you spotted last year? Jameis Winston not
as efficient, not as crisp, not as accurate line. Underneath,
Sean Payton's surgical, right passing game that we took for
granted because Drew Brees ran at the Perfection, right?
Winston gives them more options down the field, he
just needed more time.
More reps, more opportunities
in the very regimented controlled. Very effective
passing game that they had, with Drew Brees there. And
the point I made last week, Chris, and I think that this is Great
unknown,
with the Saints, who fills, Sean Payton's shoes, standpoint
of the guy who is relentlessly studying film of everyone film
of everything,
cataloging and filing away ideas for maybe a game. They
don't have for six weeks, but I saw something on the real of
touchdowns scored throughout the NFL this week that may come
in handy week 13,
right? That you need somebody from an offensive standpoint.
He's going to do that. I don't know if Pete Carmichael is
going to do. It mean he's been It Sean Payton's elbow for
year. Thank you. Would know that kind of stuff, right?
I mean yeah but it's one thing. It's one thing to watch the
boss, right? Sometimes you watch the boss in awe and say
s*** on her. Be able to do that. And sometimes through
the process you you you become confident that you figured out
the secret sauce and you'll be able to do it. Yeah
well that's it's a special skill. There's there's no question.
No I got to witness that a little
with Jon Gruden you know back in the day his ability to Plays
here and there,
or just invent a play all by himself. I mean, that's why
Sean Payton was Sean, Payton, so, you're right. That's
something to look at with Pete Carmichael and, and, you know,
again,
we got Joe Lombardi and the Chargers, your looked like he
got off to a really good start there. But yet, for one of
the great offense of minds of our time
we haven't and correct me if I'm wrong here. I mean, we
haven't seen a lot of tentacles. Go out other places
and go. Whoa, look at another Sean, Payton Protege over there
and what they're doing, I mean maybe I'm wrong. Mike, maybe
there's somebody out at know, you know
he kinda my never even write comic has never been seriously
considered by any nobody idea head coach, that's what I mean.
So it is odd that Sean McVeigh place in guys, all everywhere.
Right? Shanahan everywhere. Right? So it's odd.
It makes me wonder
how much of the secret sauce, right?
Sean. Payton keeps in the bottom himself. Uh-huh.
Has he Really shown these other guys how he does,
what he does, right? And what do you had any even
reason to begin doing it last year? I do. I know I'm not,
I think they're on their own.
I think there's a balance there. There's a balance. There
is, you know, again, even though they're working for, you
doesn't mean they need to know every ingredient that goes into
making the donuts. That doesn't mean they need to know all of
it. This maybe you have the maybe the Special Sauce was in
the secret room. I used to always be amazed with
in New England on On a Monday or Tuesday. Josh, McDaniels.
He'd be
in there, door closes. Nobody,
I don't know what the hell he's doing, but he's getting
organized and he'd come out and go. Hey, here, your moto. We're
going to do this. This is this. And
again, we didn't necessarily see, you know, tentacles off
there either all the time and I think there is a little bit
from these guys to not let you know
the guys around them know every little thing they do to prepare
for this you know, game planning on a weekly basis and
The Balancing Act, especially in this day and age in the NFL
to like you're saying, I mean,
coaches, leave every two or three years
and all the sudden, you know.
Whoa. Hey you were on my staff and oh, no. Now I'm playing you
in the NFC Championship Game. Damn. I wish I didn't tell you
a few of my secrets and I think that's a
very real reality in the NFL was some of these smart
offensive coaches. It's definitely the long game that
you got to be thinking of, if you are
in the Foxhole getting through a season
with these coaches
who are helping you toward your current goal, Goal. Recognizing
their joining, a different Army soon. Yeah, centrally and
the better you do together, the more likely
you're going to be facing him
in the future. What a weird existence that oh it is we need
you now, right? But boy, you're going to be you're going to be
coming at me later. There's a balance to strike her one last
thing about Jameson's because he gets clowned all the time
and people make fun of
you know he's goofy workouts that he does and
you know he's look he's giving people plenty.
Reason to ridicule him
over the years but you mentioned it. Kind of in
passing we do need to appreciate the fact and it's
his own fault because you throw a pick six to the Falcons in
overtime of
the week, 17 game
in 2019, the gave him 30 interceptions and made that
the headline for the season, the first ever 30, good way, 30
bad, way touchdowns and interceptions season in NFL
history,
he did have 5,000, 109
passing yards that year and there are only
for people who have ever Ever had more passing yards in
a season then him and they are Peyton Manning Drew Brees.
Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger by 20 yards,
that's it. Yeah, for people, I know better than Jameis Winston
by total passing yards in a season that
that just gets glossed over.
It's like, it never even happened. I know, you know, you
know, it's, you know, and and some other years of 4,000 yards
and you know, 28 touchdowns and 18 interceptions, 22,
touchdowns and 15 interceptions.
I said here and look at the stats.
So there is good. And and Mike, I remember us having
conversations
when it was over in Tampa,
where, you know, I remember telling you that man that
there's a there's a lot of coaches in football that when
they were looking to Jameis Winston the free agency for you
agent, they were going.
Whoa. There's there's this guy's a little better than
I thought what? He makes some crazy. Unbelievable. Good plays
at times. It's just, could you rein it in that way and do
that? And then,
As we know a lot of coaches, they always think I can fix
that guy. I can fix that guy. And that's why Sean Payton went
down that that road. So we'll see if he can regain some of
that form. And,
you know, take away some of the recklessness at times that you
just went, what the hell you doing? How could you have play
this. Well, and made this money plays and now throw a backwards
over the head. Throw down the middle of the field. Look
at that was crazy. It's the Carson Wentz
mindset a little bit, right?
It's thinking you can do more than you.
Can that goes all the way back to the game against Oregon
in the semifinals. When there was that pratfall, right? Ball
goes flying. The referee or fell down believe in all them.
Yeah, this this this
this belief confidence that becomes delusion
that I can do something that I physically
can't do. So you put that guy with Johnny no risk. It. No
biscuit in Tampa.
I'm surprised. It wasn't 50 interception.
I know right. I hear you. You're right. It was
It was not the best recipe for Jameis Winston. He needed
a guy,
you know like Sean Payton like yours
like you're saying it just go like whoa reel them in a little
bit. Hey there buddy. Hold on. We don't need you to do that.
Okay, my offense will deliver
just be patient. Take your time
and yeah the message always that you've always heard with
that, you know, no risk in know, push the ball down
the field, you know, staying in the pocket.
Wait for that, can take the extra
hitch, you know, as you're back there, wait for that. 30 yard
post to come open, and I just think it went a little too far
for Jamis and he obviously
couldn't handle it. The right way.