St. PJ
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Winston (allegedly, but likely) raped a girl and got away with it. The story on the cover-up, the testimony from that poor girl and her parents that ran in the NYTimes (not a publication I care for) were pretty damning, along with uber incident. I can look past the entitled crab legs stuff easily, young and dumb. But as a man, Winston has a lot of atonement and reparation to make before I ever consider him a quality person. That's not counting on the field.I'm a Taysom Hill fan. He has a great attitude and he's fun to watch. I'd love it if he becomes our Franchise QB. I never liked Winston on any level. All the off field issues and that time he came off the bench to go after Lattimore, combined with his atrocious turn over history turn me off.
All that being said if Taysom turns out to be bust at QB and Winston shows that he's matured and has gotten a handle on his T.O. s I'll be the first to call for Winston. So yeah, I'm a little biased but I think everyone who's screaming for Winston and bagging on anything they find to denigrate he and Payton are just blinded by their biases. They're pretty much the same people who wanted to bench Brees when struggled earlier in the year.
Why are people so enthused by the idea of JW as our next QB? Is it a race thing? That's the 800 lb gorilla in the room that nobody has the guts discuss.
His remarks just last year, self gloating about his stats/play while also throwing +30 interceptions - that's neither accountability nor leadership. I would hope Sean Payton's offense and learning under Drew would limit opportunities for bad decisions; that Payton's offense and Drew's mentorship would help Winston know pre-snap exactly where he is going with the ball and only take calculated risks.
And to be honest, I'd rather see what we have in a rehabilitated Winston than a pipe dream project Taysom who hasn't had 8+ years solely developing as a QB with a NFL QB coach and gurus and doing nothing but QB work since he was 22 - the position every other 30 year old NFL QB would be in at this point in his career. Taysom came to the NFL already old, and hasn't spent one full season working and developing and learning as solely a QB. One read and look to run or stand there with indecision. Taysom looked like the guy that last played QB 4 years ago in college before being moved to WR.