Jameis Winston to N.O (merged - officially signed)

I'm not against this move. It's a 1 year deal. We need a QB for this season, similar to how we needed Teddy next year. Winston is by far the best QB sitting at home right now, in my opinion.

Do I like him? Not really.
Do I want him to be our future? Not really.

Folks can take this as a knock on Taysom if they want, but I'll say 3 things about that...

1. Our roster makes us a superbowl contender this year, but we actually have a challenger in our division now. We can't afford to lose games if Drew misses time and Taysom is also dinged or is not ready for whatever reason.

2. If Taysom really is our best option at QB going forward, then he should beat out any competition. This includes young veteran QBs that have shown they can throw fro lots of yards and TDs. (and INTs)

3. With no offseason program, we need a veteran QB who can come in and get up to speed quickly.


As for Winston... He's been a knucklehead since college. He's his own worst enemy on and off the field. A change of scenery could help him with that, along with being humbled by getting cut in his prime by the team that drafted him.

IF we have to actually use him as our QB this year, I think he'll be better than he was in Tampa and possibly better in our offense than Teddy was. Teddy is naturally "careful" with the football. Almost timid with it. Even so, Sean Payton held Teddy back on purpose and slowly loosened his leash. The result? Few mistakes but low production.

But Winston is naturally NOT "careful" with the football. If he has to play QB for us, I'd think that Sean puts a similar leash on him, BUT with Winston being a natural "shot-taker", we won't be yelling PULL THE TRIGGER!!! He'd likely make more mistakes than Teddy, but I think our offense would be more deadly as it seems to function a lot better when we have a guy willing to push the ball down the field.