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3 ways Buccaneers can cater offense to quarterback Jameis Winston

By Cory Kinnan

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - OCTOBER 06: Jameis Winston #3 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reacts after being sacked by Cameron Jordan #94 of the New Orleans Saints during the second half of a game at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on October 06, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - OCTOBER 06: Jameis Winston #3 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reacts after being sacked by Cameron Jordan #94 of the New Orleans Saints during the second half of a game at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on October 06, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FL – OCTOBER 1: Wide receiver Mike Evans #13 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates with quarterback Jameis Winston #3 after hauling in a touchdown pass from Winston during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the New York Giants on October 1, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL – OCTOBER 1: Wide receiver Mike Evans #13 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates with quarterback Jameis Winston #3 after hauling in a touchdown pass from Winston during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the New York Giants on October 1, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) /

Let him rip

I never thought these words would be coming out of my mouth, but Winston was far too conservative with the football yesterday. At some point, and again with Winston this is risky to say, the Buccaneer just need to let Winston let it rip.

On more than one of his sacks that Winston ate, he looked ripe to fire the ball, but turned it into a pump at the last second before the pocket collapsed in on him. Over the last four games, Winston has thrown just two interceptions, a massive improvement over the past year. However, what cost are the Buccaneers paying for Winston’s newfound conservative nature with the football?

Winston averaged just seven yards per completion in yesterday’s game, a number that is far too low for Arians’ supposed aerial attack offense. With weapons like Mike Evans (targeted just three times on the day with no catches), Chris Godwin, and O.J. Howard (just one catch on the last drive of the game), the Buccaneers were far too conservative with the football.

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With all of these highly skilled and talented players around Winston, there is no reason that the offense should be held to under 300 yards total, and barely crossing the 250 yard mark in two, l in three of the five games to start the season. Making risky throws are in the nature of Jameis Winston, it is who he is; instead of eliminating turnovers by becoming ultra conservative, let him rip it knowing that it is going to be high risk, high reward.

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