The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell to the Houston Texans at home today, 23-20, bringing their four-game winning-streak to a halt and dropping them to 7-8 with one game left to play.
The story of the day, of course, was the four interceptions by quarterback Jameis Winston, who brought his league-leading total up to 28. Depending on what happens next week in the season finale against the Atlanta Falcons, Winston could end up throwing for over 5,000 yards with 30 touchdowns and 30 interceptions. (Talk about a crazy season.)
While Winston did have to play today’s game with a fractured thumb and without his top two receivers in Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, the quarterback would not make excuses in his postgame presser.
To his credit, Winston took responsibility for the turnovers. And, as you can tell from his tone and body language, nobody seems more frustrated about his performance today than him.
"My primary focus is going into a football game and having a turnover-free football game. That's my primary focus. When I do that, I'm going to be a great quarterback."
➡️: QB Jameis Winston pic.twitter.com/qyVOwRXkcM
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) December 22, 2019
The good news for Winston is that the Buccaneers are planning to bring him back in 2020. But, correcting his turnover problem will be priority one in the offseason for Arians and Byron Leftwich. You can have the most talented team in the league, but if your quarterback throws 30 interceptions in one season, you aren’t getting to the playoffs.
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