Gerald McCoy tells wild behind-the-scenes story of Jameis Winston's "Eat the W" game

The Dirk Koetter era was not exactly the best time in the history of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as Jameis Winston and his inability to avoid costly turnovers put a very hard cap on the team's success. Careers of quality players like Gerald McCoy were often devoid of individual success.

One of the lowlights was a Week 9 matchup against the rival New Orleans Saints. The always verbose and excited Winston, who has a habit of unusual hype-up speeches, infamously commanded his troops to "eat the W" in a way that completely turned away most of the players on the team.

McCoy, speaking on the "25/10 Podcast" with LeSean McCoy and former Bucs teammate DeSean Jackson, was immediately taken aback (derogatory) by Winston's pregame antics, even refusing to heed a call to support Winston from tight end Cameron Brate. McCoy revealed that even more Jameis hijinx went down around this game,

McCoy said that Winston blurted out "sometimes, you guys just got to pull it out and show them whose bigger" in an even more off the wall, NSFW attempt at leading the troops. Jackson was immedialety reduced to tears after remembering that, while McCoy said he knew the Bucs had no shot to win that game.

Gerald McCoy relieves Jameis Winston's "Eat the W" speech with Buccaneers

Winston's speech failed to motivate his team or lead what would eventually become a 5-11 Buccaneers team to one of their lone victories on the season. Tampa dropped to 2-6 after losing 30-10 to the Saints. Winston left the game early with an injury, and Drew Brees went 22-27 passing with two passing touchdowns.

McCoy never played in a playoff game with the Buccaneers, which is a shame for a player who made it to six Pro Bowls and multiple All-Pro teams. The quarterback instablity was one of the big reasons why, with Winston's roller-coaster play one of the main reasons for those struggles.

Games like this were part of the problem with Winston's whole career in Tampa Ba. For every 300-yard game and three-touchdown performance, there would be a game where he turned the ball over three times and struggled against a division rival. McCoy's frustration with Winston was warranted.

No matter what else Winston does, good or bad, in his professional career, memories of that infamous pregame moment against New Orleans will stick with him.