Jameis Details The Help He Sought From Drew Brees While With The Bucs
May 2nd, 2020
Interesting behind-the-curtain stuff from new Saints backup quarterback Jameis Winston.
Jameis spent five years as the Bucs’ franchise quarterback under accomplished QB coaches. But Jameis explained to NFL Network this week that he reached out multiple times during his Tampa Bay days to Drew Brees for help with fine but basic points of the position.
“I don’t think I texted him as much as I should have,” Jameis said.
“I asked him in terms of studying the run game versus the pass game. I’m not going to tell you his answer on that. But I also asked him in terms of, you know, how to get more accurate on throws to the left, about his footwork and about his base. Just different quarterback nerdy stuff.”
Joe can’t knock Jameis for reaching out to a quarterback legend for help, and Jameis praised Brees for always being there for him. But it’s still a odd that Jameis was reaching out on his own to Brees for those kinds of tips. It’s unclear in what years Jameis was seeking help from Brees. Did Jameis not trust his coaches?
Hardcore Bucs fans might remember that Brees tutored former Bucs QB Josh Freeman. That was a setup from Freeman’s offensive coordinator, Greg Olson, who coached Brees in college.
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:34 pm
Jameis is gone…..lets talk about Michael Bennett….
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:34 pm
Hey Jameis… So one thing you’re going to want to do (especially as a division rival) is every now and then you throw it to the other team. They’ll never see it coning
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:37 pm
Oh boy
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:38 pm
Sounds like more bs from the Soiled Messiah.
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:38 pm
Who cares, let’s get JW off these pages and stop recriminations which have no value, waste of space !
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:38 pm
Brees was probably f’ing with him and giving him wrong answers since he was a division rival.
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:39 pm
So Brees helped Freeman fail, maybe he’ll do the same for Jameis.
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:40 pm
Here comes the hate mail. The man reached out to a hall of famer for details about his craft. Joe reports on it, and in flocks the droves of people who can’t take any detail about Jameis without somehow taking it offensively.
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:50 pm
🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱boring
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:52 pm
Incoming toxic fans….
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:53 pm
I guess he had questions that google couldn’t answer?
I wish him the best and it’s GREAT on what he is doing for Tampa but…
Every time he opens his mouth, he sounds more and more like a failed first overall pick. The excuses with this dude just keep coming! Lasik, google, no mentors, where does it end?
Again, I wish him the best. I also truly hope the Winston articles come to a stop. Enough is enough already. He’s old news!!! But what ever gets the clicks, I guess 🤷🏻♂️
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:54 pm
Since I’ve never QB’ed, it would interesting to hear what other retired NFL QB’s takes on this story would be. Is this the norm, it happens all of the time kind of thing? If it is ok, but it sure seems strange to be doing that with the starting QB on a team within your own division.
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:55 pm
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning compared notes at their secret retreats. I don’t think there is anything untoward about any of this.
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:59 pm
For once I agree with most of the posters. For those of us who believe in Jameis and for us ALL to move on the articles on Jameis need to stop. It is hard to move on when he is being discussed EVERYDAY.
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:08 pm
Breaking news : Ndog want to move on from Jamies and start supporting Tompa Bay Buccaneers
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:09 pm
Winston is toast when ever he plays. All the defenses in the NFL are drooling to get to play against Jaymiss. Sean Payton is going to start screaming like his mentor Parcells after one game with Jaymiss.
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:10 pm
Other than just poking a bit if fun I agree. Can we move on? Should only be talking Jameis if we play the Saints and only if Brees is injured or maybe one token article about him revealing out secrets where people poke fun that eve. He didn’t know our offense very well or something
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:13 pm
Clown show – I guess it’s everyone’s fault he got in trouble off the field too??
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:13 pm
All these articles do is invite the idiots out to make stupid comments about something they don’t understand and make themselves look ridiculous, like the above from Coburn. Please stop these artices so we can all move on TOGETHER!
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:24 pm
I find it interesting you all want to move on so badly. This young man is going to haunt this franchise for the next decade. Twice a year, with a real OLine and running game.
It’s a Bucs life.
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:38 pm
ONLY 1 TEAM!
ONLY $1.1 MILL!
HE CAN ASK ALL THE OTHER QB’S, ASK GOOGLE, ASK ALL THE COACHES….THAT AREA BETWEEN HIS EARS CANNOT BE FIXED, OR COACHED, OR MENTORED
…..OR LASIKED!
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:40 pm
🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:42 pm
Gag me…
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:52 pm
How come no more GMC posts, Joe?
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Lol, I want him to take over from Brees so they can all suffer too
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Architek: the real “clown” is in the White House!!
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:02 pm
Enough.
He is gone.
Let him be gone.
Please.
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:06 pm
Some of the winstonites are a little thin skinned still. All in good fun. This is usually where someone would say triggered or siemthing
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:08 pm
This is getting ridiculous now. He is gone. GMC.is gone VH3 is gone. Pewter Report and the other sites are starting to look good again.
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:16 pm
@Pewter …Haunt the Franchise? Jameis has over 100 turnovers in 5 years. Over 20 turnovers a year no matter who the Head Coach is, 3 of them. It was time to move on!
We’re trying to win another Super Bowl & Brady is gonna help us win. He has 219 Career wins, The GOAT.
If you can’t understand that, Go root for the Saints. Jameis is a backup now. Let’s see if he even makes the team before talk about haunting the Bucs for a decade lol…
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:16 pm
You guys need to stop posting, the Joes will keep it coming as long as we keep clicking. That’s what logistics is all about, click bait! Jameis is dead to me!!!
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:18 pm
It’s all comical now, it was horrible when he was here as QB.
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:21 pm
How many overall #1 Draft picks signed for only 1 million after initial contract?
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:28 pm
Pewter, he has already haunted this franchise for five years, how much worse can it get
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:35 pm
Poor Jameis, didn’t have anyone to reach out to. Only everyone ever brought in was more Mr. automatic turnover machine. Give me a break. He’ll be cut before the season starts. Payton won’t put up with his crap. So glad he’s gone.
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:37 pm
Funny, i consider a GM who has drafted 2 kickers (both failures), 4 safeties in the last 4 years (12 secondary players in the last 5), 3 head coaches in 5 seasons, and zero rushing game since Drug Martin as a haunt against this franchise. Not the QB who has led the only thing impressive about this team since he stepped on board the pirate ship… to each his own.
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:37 pm
Funny, i consider a GM who has drafted 2 kickers (both failures), 4 safeties in the last 4 years (12 secondary players in the last 5), 3 head coaches in 5 seasons, and zero rushing game since Drug Martin as a haunt against this franchise. Not the QB who has led the only thing impressive about this team since he stepped on board the pirate ship… to each his own.
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:43 pm
Jameis is still full of it. It doesn’t matter, anyway, the Saints paid 1.1 mil to regurgitate the Bucs playbook.
If he does play at all, it will be his end game. Sean Payton isn’t going to put up with a mechanically unsound QB who throws interceptions like Gasparilla beads.
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:50 pm
Tampabaybucfan Says:
May 2nd, 2020 at 2:34 pm
Jameis is gone…..lets talk about Michael Bennett….
lmmfao!
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:52 pm
Sounds like brees was a horrible informant and great spy for the saints. Years of owning us and jameis being destroyed by the saints and freeman imploding. The Bucs soap opera continues
May 2nd, 2020 at 4:55 pm
So, he’s admitting that the “Harvard QB education” was always available, and it didn’t help….okay, gotcha!
May 2nd, 2020 at 5:01 pm
Where are all the articles on Vernon Hargreaves? Both Hargreaves and Winston were first round draft BUSTS. Let’s catch up with Hargreaves and find out who he called during his failed career here.
It’s time to move on.
May 2nd, 2020 at 5:15 pm
Wow wouldnt let him back up Brady for 1mil. Thats harsh. Burnt toast.
May 2nd, 2020 at 5:24 pm
[Trying to get banned? Don’t tempt Joe. Not nice or smart to go after the man who owns the goodbye button. — Joe.]
May 2nd, 2020 at 5:25 pm
Mccoy didnt get this coverage
Jameis gave joe a coverage
Bum And face coverage
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:01 pm
Oh Joe, not again. Please let Jameis go. He’ll resurrect himself one day & THEN y’all can write all the ‘What Ifs’ that’ll go with that.
BTW, this is either JBF Conspiracy 47 or 48 (I lost track): Jameis (maybe) didn’t trust his coaches.
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:19 pm
OK Joe, I’ll play along. I’ll bite and actually comment on this bit of Bucs news, since it’s referring to Jameis’ time when he was here as a Buc. Here goes….
Obviously, Brees let Jameis down, just like all the coaches he had who didn’t coach him up enough and made him look to Google for all his answers. If Brees had been that much of a difference maker in his career so far, then Jameis wouldn’t be the scout team QB for the Saints right now.
Makes me wonder what Jameis expects to get out of his time now, working more closely with Brees? We’re talking about a QB who’s playing for a Bill Parcells disciple who coaches a heck of a lot like Parcells. If Jameis thinks it’s going to be all sunshine and roses and fairy tales with those guys he is going to be in for a rude awakening.
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:19 pm
America’s backup
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:25 pm
I have a solution we all can agree upon. If the day comes that all of us Winston “haters” are presented with a W-eating, starting Jameis Saints Quarterback that keeps the Bucs from achieving, then please post the articles explaining his wise preparation here. We will deserve it, right?
For now, though, as others have said (Including NDog!), for now, please post as many Winston fluff pieces as Michael Bennett odes.
Zero.
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:27 pm
Who cares about ja miss he ain’t on this team
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:34 pm
I’d much rather hear stories of Lovie Smith’s “reign of error”… That incompetence still amuses me…
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:36 pm
Yah i know
One push
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:43 pm
J W …. Geez… Give it a rest Joe….. Some one bury this already
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:46 pm
Winston should ax Gary
May 2nd, 2020 at 6:52 pm
I’m done with Winston and to me I couldn’t care less to hear about him anymore. But I understand the frequent posts about him. He was a Huge part of the Bucs for 5 years straight. He was our number 1 overall pick and the Bucs will be brought up in every damn interview he takes. He’s controversial and he raises our collective blood pressure. If it don’t bleed it don’t lead. Like it or not we are stuck with Winston forever. Let’s just hope a Super Bowl run will quiet the noise about him and turn him into a trivia question.
May 2nd, 2020 at 7:09 pm
Kind of hard to care about him reaching out to a legend, getting lasik and a surgery all to prepare for life after the Bucs. Regardless of how he is as a quarterback he’ll always and forever be in the records books for doing something no one has ever done.
May 2nd, 2020 at 7:25 pm
First, I want to tip my hat to Jameis for his recent efforts to feed the needy.
Second , Jameis has been questioning his coaches since he was trying to call plays with Jimbo Fisher. YOU be the judge if that been a successful strategy. He has had the benefit of some pretty good offensive minds and the trust issue goes both ways. He has been benched by Koetter and let go unceremoniously by Arians. Jameis’s best chance at resurrection,IMO would be buy in to whatever system and coaching staff is willing to work with him. No Deviations.
May 2nd, 2020 at 7:29 pm
LET’S ALL GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT ONCE AND FOR ALL…
Jameis Winston is NOT going to “haunt” this franchise for a decade. No matter if he goes on to start for the Saints and wins 10 Super Bowls.
Jameis Winston was an inconsistent, turnover machine for FIVE YEARS. It was a major risk to give him $100M+ and continue on for another 5 years, hoping he’d turn out to be a ‘great’ QB that could eliminate the mistakes vs. continuing to struggle with inconsistency.
It’s called MEASURED RISK.
No matter what Winston does or doesn’t do from here on out, the Bucs did not want to take a gamble that Winston would improve and eliminate the turnovers. So they decided to move on and go in another direction.
NO ONE can say that Jameis WInston is not a major risk and question mark concerning his future performance. Anyone that claims that he is not a big risk is lying.
The Bucs chose to move on from an inconsistent, risky player. You can never fault them for that no matter IF Jameis Winston ends up in the Hall Of Fame. He wasn’t HOF worthy when he played for the Bucs, he was incredibly inconsistent.
May 2nd, 2020 at 7:41 pm
Nah see Ivan you don’t get it.
To them this team is literal garbage with overrated players that suck and coaches that also suck. Winston is a great HoF QB stuck on the worst team in the NFL.
May 2nd, 2020 at 7:42 pm
Thanks for the Jameis articles Joe…not sure why all the vitriol over them but I come here for Bucs news and former players are absolutely relevant. Especially ones that end up signing in our division
May 2nd, 2020 at 7:42 pm
OMG. Can we please have a Michael “released for no good reason” Bennet story.
May 2nd, 2020 at 7:43 pm
BigHog- I see what you did there and I like it!! 🙂
May 2nd, 2020 at 7:44 pm
When are you guys going to figure out someone is trying to keep the fan divide going? Let it go.
May 2nd, 2020 at 7:56 pm
Keep milking what’s been your meal ticket over the past five years or post about hope disguised as a middle aged QB???
I get it Joe😂 Sorry to bust your take, but the perception that Jameis posts draw a lot of readers is false. Lots of people dislike Jameis and have no interest. THey see him and move on. Don’t confuse comment totals with readership. Joe shares because Joe is interested in Jameis-related topics that relate to Bucs history and Bucs insight. –Joe
#Still a Bucs life
May 2nd, 2020 at 9:00 pm
Stop talking about him Joe. Not a good look. He’s like the girl that dumped you and you just can’t get over her. She’s gone Joe. She’s moved on. She didn’t deserve you. You can do much better. Sorry guys. As long as Jameis shares nuggets of Bucs history, or any other player, Joe will share because Joe is interested. Joe doesn’t care about appearances. –Joe
May 2nd, 2020 at 9:26 pm
Did Brees encourage him to float comeback routes on the corner? If he did, the kid was a quick study. Did he tell the young grasshopper that no matter what throw it across the shallow middle, LB’s never drop into that zone after the snap? If he did, the boy was a natural.
It really is too bad none of his brethren told him that it’s important to take care of the football.
May 2nd, 2020 at 9:33 pm
NDOG: Dalton signed for $3million signing bonus, chance to earn $7 million. He turned down higher offers as well.
May 2nd, 2020 at 9:43 pm
I’m looking forward to the wall to wall Winston uh….Brady coverage in 2020.
May 2nd, 2020 at 9:54 pm
Out of sight, out of mind. He’s just another failed drafted quarterback on the trash heap of failed Buc’s drafted quarterbacks. He won’t be the last either, but hopefully we’ll draft a good one after Brady hangs them up.
May 2nd, 2020 at 10:08 pm
Ivan, would you have called trading Steve young a measured risk, or a mistake from a bad GM? I would consider a measured risk upgrading the OLine prior to mortgaging the future of our franchise to try and catch lightning in a bottle with what appears to be an over the hill, 43 year old Tom Brady. Let’s assume Tom gives us 2 seasons, and Jameis only wins 1 or 2 of the 10 hypothetical Super Bowls you mentioned… that to me is not a measured risk. That is a desperate GM and a pathetic group of owners who have zero ability to think further ahead than next week. Time will tell, i just hope you are right and I’m just a Jameis apologist, otherwise we will have another Steve Young type decision.
May 2nd, 2020 at 10:08 pm
Ivan, would you have called trading Steve young a measured risk, or a mistake from a bad GM? I would consider a measured risk upgrading the OLine prior to mortgaging the future of our franchise to try and catch lightning in a bottle with what appears to be an over the hill, 43 year old Tom Brady. Let’s assume Tom gives us 2 seasons, and Jameis only wins 1 or 2 of the 10 hypothetical Super Bowls you mentioned… that to me is not a measured risk. That is a desperate GM and a pathetic group of owners who have zero ability to think further ahead than next week. Time will tell, i just hope you are right and I’m just a Jameis apologist, otherwise we will have another Steve Young type decision.
May 2nd, 2020 at 11:54 pm
Ndoggy?
Where u at?
May 3rd, 2020 at 12:31 am
Joe is so gay for Jamoist. It’s truly sad. Move to New Orleans already you moron.
May 3rd, 2020 at 12:36 am
Damn I didn’t know steve young had 5 rough years here before we traded him.
Come on there is a difference between giving a guy a year and giving someone else 5 YEARS to try to get better. This couldn’t be more different then Young
May 3rd, 2020 at 7:15 am
Are you people men or children? Quit your belly aching!
Joes own the site. Joes can post whatever they want. Just because you visit with 10 different usernames it doesn’t mean you get to make demands. The Joes are the only ones with legit rights here, the rest of us are privileged.
Personally, I don’t mind articles about Winston. What I mind is when an article is NOT about him, yet you all hijack the comments to talk about him anyway.
May 3rd, 2020 at 7:24 am
In regard to Winston, he just happened to hit the market at the worst possible time. Free agency was flooded with QBs, only a few teams needed one, and COVID-19 put a huge damper on the interview process. There are still good QBs out there without jobs.
Winston did the smart thing. He got himself off the market for a year, long enough for the virus to clear up. He’s on one of the few teams that may need a QB next year, and he gets to work with Drew Brees.
The Bucs had a choice: roll with Winston on a gamble, or sign a future HoFer. Of course they chose Tom Brady! That’s not an insult to Winston at all. It’s Tom Freaking Brady. The best!
May 3rd, 2020 at 7:44 am
So Josh Freeman reached out to Breeze. Jamis did as well. One common factor: ” Both totally suck as QB’s”…….
May 3rd, 2020 at 6:26 pm
I do not want to hear about Jameis anymore there nothing to talk about .something is wrong with him and i do not know how he lasted so long with low IQ