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In case you decided to sleep in on Sunday morning and skipped the Buccaneers – Panthers matchup in London, you missed quite the performance from Jameis Winston as in he was flat-out bad. His consistently inconsistent play followed him all the way overseas.
Throwing an interception on the first play of the game was probably a sign that it wasn’t going to be a great day for Winston.
On the first play of the game…
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Winston threw five interceptions and lost a fumble during the Bucs’ 37-26 loss. He went 30-for-54 through the air for 400 yards and one touchdown as well, but the five picks is the obvious stat that stands out. It’s tough to win football games when your quarterback throws five picks; he was also sacked a whopping seven times.
As per usual Twitter came out and roasted Winston after his horrible performance.
Jameis WInston is definitely playing against someone who is starting Jameis Winston in fantasy football today.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) October 13, 2019
When you woke up this morning and realized you were starting Jameis Winston pic.twitter.com/XAXoc9dO8x
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) October 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/ThatPanthersGuy/status/1183395320148975616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1183395320148975616&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebiglead.com%2Fposts%2Fjameis-winston-turnovers-memes-tweets-bucs-panthers-01dq32fsrnmk
Jameis trying to hold onto the ball pic.twitter.com/THPsTg8UfG
— Aaron Handler (@aaronhandler) October 13, 2019
Me dropping Jameis Winston on Tuesday pic.twitter.com/Wq4KF46Q9o
— Master (@MasterTes) October 13, 2019
when you start Jameis Winston… but also start Carolina D/ST pic.twitter.com/hQprMco4PX
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) October 13, 2019
Alvin Kamara Active
Tyreek Hill Active
Mark Andrew ActiveMarquise Brown Inactive
Sammy Watkins InactiveAnd if you started Jameis Winston, your roster is inactive#FL1
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) October 13, 2019
If you’re a Tampa Bay fan you probably entered Sunday’s game with a positive outlook in terms of Winston based on his last few weeks. While the Bucs had lost two of their last three coming in, Winston had nine touchdowns to his name compared to just two picks.
But that positive mindset left the door after his very first pass on Sunday.
Winston entered Sunday’s game with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions on the year, those numbers look far worse now with 12 touchdowns compared to 10 picks. Woof.
At least the Bucs aren’t boring, I guess?