Don’t you dare blame Jameis

Rdanderson91 said

Derek Carr as starting QB: 17 points.

Jameis Winston as starting QB: 0 points.

Same coordinators. Same offensive line. Same receivers. Same defense. Same temperature on the field. Same wind gusts. Same astrophysical positioning of Neptune and company.

Make all the excuses you want.

The reality is that we scored 0 points with Jameis at QB. He’s not solely to blame, obviously. But he is absolutely not absolved of blame altogether.

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If you're comparing how much they had to deal with that was the same, let's look at one key difference: number of practice reps with the first team. That's a factor as well, and Jameis was starting to warm up that last drive, which was no small feat with that offensive line.

I'd rather have Carr in there, no doubt. But Jameis went in and performed as most backup QB's would do who are thrown into the game due to an injury to the starter; it takes time to get into the rhythm, especially when the O-line is not allowing much of a rhythm to happen. I don't think he deserves any blame in this one, quite frankly. Now after a week with starter reps, then I expect more. But this week, no.