Jameis Winston’s contract becomes a $107m deal on March 16th trigger date

Oh, sweet lord above. How high does the writing on the wall have to be? 10 feet? 20?

They drafted a guy last year to groom as the next backup. They have been busy getting out from under Jameis' original 'starter QB' contract for over a year, ready to let him go. No amount of over-analysing an entirely overblown final play of the season changes any of that.

He gone. The plan has been that he be gone since at least the point they selected Haener. If not before.

Calm down. The drama really isn't necessary. I didn't say he would be back. All I said is that this provision in his contract doesn't make it impossible for him to come back which is what you claimed. I think it's highly unlikely that he will be back and I thought that long before the Atlanta game. But, I thought the same thing last year after Winston said DA lied about keeping his job and he ended up coming back so it's not totally outside of the realm of possibility. If Haener isn't ready to be the #2 QB and they don't draft a QB this year then they are going to have to sign a vet #2. Could it be someone other than Winston? Absolutely. But, it could be Winston.