(long read) Let's talk Jameis Winston's future... while keeping it real.

You missed the entire point... But you always do. Freeman had top 10 numbers in 2012 in all the categories I posted, and you threw points in there.... That was not the point of me posting them though...
Reading is fundamental, my friend
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Points was always there..lol. What's the point of talking about most yards in a season when points win games?

The point was - Outlier (anomaly) statistically good seasons without context... are just that. They don't account for Consistency, Turning those number into wins, or making the team better with sound decision making.... Which leads to getting cut, no matter where you are picked in the draft or how hard you can throw.
The crazy thing is we almost gave up the barn for someone who had an outlier season and the verdict is still out on Carr depending on what you prefer.

And in no way did Freeman have a better cast than JW did his last season in Tampa. Not even kinda.
Please tell me the differences.

Again... Sometimes a player just is who he is, and is never going to be what you want him to be... TB realized that... The Saints eventfully did too. As evidenced by them desperately trying to replace him with Watson for a boat load of picks and $200M+... then again the very next year with Carr and $150M. Money talks... Stats walk.
Imagine saying this while just a few sentences ago talking about winning..lol. We were ready to give up everything for Watson and what he did during a 4-12 season and spent 150m on a QB with a losing record who got benched because he threw 4TDs and 6INTs his last 3 games of the season. That being said, this is where perception is key. You say that "TB realized that" but quoting Bruce Arians:
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Since the media never spoonfed anyone any information regarding that season (and I had to go back and look myself), those last 2 games that he is speaking about was against the Texans and Falcons, where both Evans and Godwin was out for the season and he had to go out there with Breshard Perriman as WR1 and a bunch of "others" that you wouldn't be able to name. But the truth is, the only reason Jameis isn't on the Bucs is because Tom Brady fell into their laps. And honestly, if you actually know football, that was a great thing for us. They chose short term gain over long term. Bruce Arians and Carson Palmer both stated that the system is very complex based on the control that the QB actual has, the options built into the routes (and where they occur) and it being a vertical offense.

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(everyone talks about what a QB can't do but how many QBs you've seen run a play like this from a 7 step drop. Matter of fact, how many times have you seen any "top" QB play under center and not run play action..lol)

Palmer said the first year is hard but the 2nd season everything clicked. If Jameis threw 5k yards, 33TDs and 30 INTs in the first season of learning a brand new offense that is considered one of the hardest to learn, what in the world do yall think would have happened year 2. Fortunately for us, the Bucs cared more about the short term. Brady pushed Arians upstairs and got BLeft fired and now they are stuck with a defensive minded head coach. lol