Being Jameis
April 1st, 2019
Bruce Arians explains.
When Bucco Bruce Arians took over the Bucs, part of the reason is he believed he already had a budding young star quarterback with America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston.
Arians has coached a virtual Who’s Who of quarterbacks. Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Andrew Luck, Carson Palmer. So what attributes does Arians want Jameis to mirror?
Speaking at the coaches breakfast at the NFL owners meetings in Arizona last week, Arians said none.
“I just want him to be Jameis,” Arians said. “Jameis is good enough. He don’t need to be Peyton [Manning]. And he don’t need to be Ben [Roethlisberger]. Just go out and play great football and be Jameis and that’s plenty good enough. I think he is a good kid and a good human being.
“The sky is the limit for him with the talent we have around him. We just have to protect him — and run the ball!”
And that, friends, will be the trick. Joe isn’t ready to jump off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge like so many Bucs fans are after the Bucs decided to retain four of their five starting linemen from last year.
The running game? Well, Arians and his crew might have to sprinkle serious pixie dust there.
Let’s just call it like we see it: The Bucs were simply horrible running the ball last year, second-to-last in the NFL in yards per attempt (3.9), and that includes yards-per-carry totals from Jameis and Ryan Fitzpatrick. And the longest run from scrimmage for the Bucs last year was 28 yards — worst in the NFL!
Joe doesn’t know how Arians is going to reverse this unless he drafts or trades for another running back, or Ronald Jones somehow wakes up.
Joe likes Peyton Barber a whole lot and loves his work ethic but Joe is worn out with people bragging about his effort. Hell, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht could sign his plumber or his pool boy and Joe is certain he’d put out good effort, too. But how about production once in a while?
April 1st, 2019 at 9:02 am
He’ll start seeing Jameis today throwing live…. Coaches aren’t on the field with players for a while. –Joe
April 1st, 2019 at 9:05 am
If we could only have Jlicht put out great effort and production..
April 1st, 2019 at 9:06 am
Arians was the right hire
I think Jameis has best year as a buc . Let’s see how far arians can improve his play …
“No risk it no biscuit “ may give me an ulcer but hoping for the best on these slow long developing plays we keep hearing about. And reason Jameis is putting on weight ? He may have to wear Kevlar
April 1st, 2019 at 9:09 am
Let’s see if bruce can make the 23rd best qb a top 20 player at his position.
I still say we should have taken the 3 first round picks philly offered to trade up for this pick
April 1st, 2019 at 9:12 am
“No risk it..no biscuit”…..we’ll see if Jameis gets a biscuit after this season….and if he does it will be a Jameis sized biscuit…not a Patrick Mahomes giant $ 200 mil 7 tier wedding cake
April 1st, 2019 at 9:19 am
Make or break for Jameis
Dude has to wake up and play well consistently or go be a backup
April 1st, 2019 at 9:21 am
Well everything Bucs Bruce said is great, but our O-line has not improved. No RB can survive being stopped in the backfield on almost every play. Really sad when it’s third down and a foot and our O-line has no push.
April 1st, 2019 at 9:26 am
The only thing worse than looking for a franchise QB, Is thinking that you have one, when you don’t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2019 season will reveal answers to the sheep, that the “real” fans and owners already know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 1st, 2019 at 9:33 am
Read an article that rojo is on the trading block, sounds like another indictment of licht if that is true. Bucs have done nothing to improve the running game and yet arians knows that a good running game helps a ify qb, not sure how this 5-11 team has improved
April 1st, 2019 at 9:50 am
Wonder what rojo’s Trade value is. Slim and none?
April 1st, 2019 at 9:52 am
So JW is putting on weight, likely because BA said go watch Big Ben. But we liked JW at the end of every season, would like for JW to be the JW he was in his rookie season, especially now with these weapons and hopefully a resurgence of a Doug Martin type season from one of these running backs
April 1st, 2019 at 10:18 am
Quite telling that Arians felt he needed to say “I think he’s a good kid and a good human being” because there’s obviously a heated debate about that!!!
April 1st, 2019 at 10:19 am
alter
your right….
BA will be seeing winston and others at practice….BA and other coaches wont be on the field but that wont stop them from watching the practice film and correcting them during their film session…..
#REALISTKNOWSNOTHING!!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!
April 1st, 2019 at 10:26 am
Yep, it’s April Fools Day
April 1st, 2019 at 10:54 am
^ Must be. You’re here.
April 1st, 2019 at 11:06 am
Arians, unlike the local goober crowd, understands James and his talents and accomplishments, such as 88 TDs in 3 1/2 years.
But what does he know.
Better to listen to the gator loving trailer inhabiting civil war reenacting Jack asses who are sprinkled through our fan base.
April 1st, 2019 at 11:12 am
Chris Simms (former spleenless Buc) says the 3rd best back in the draft is Darrell Henderson from Memphis. The junior back had 1909 yards rushing in 2018 with 22 rushing TD’s. Chris describes him as “Lightning in a bottle.”
He went on to project him as a late 2nd or early 3rd round draft pick. Perfect spot for the Buc’s 70th pick.
April 1st, 2019 at 11:14 am
Sprinkled? LOL….dude, we/they ARE the Bucs fan base!!! That’s partly why this entire Winston affair has been a train wreck. But only partly. MOSTLY because of Winston himself.
April 1st, 2019 at 11:20 am
Arians doesn’t think it is a train wreck.
And is staking his reputation on it.
April 1st, 2019 at 11:45 am
Yeah, so Jameis has 88 TDs in 3 1/2 years and also 58 picks in 3 1/2 years.
+ 38 Fumbles in that same time period.
Poor Bruce is going to be so frustrated by the end of the year.
April 1st, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Joe can please change JWs nickname on this site to America’s Dumbest Quarterback or America’s Sex Offender Quarterback those are way more accurate
April 1st, 2019 at 12:03 pm
Who wants ROJO?
April 1st, 2019 at 12:19 pm
Eric, you’re partially correct. Arians doesn’t THINK Winston is a train wreck…he KNOWS it, and believes he can fix him. I don’t.
April 1st, 2019 at 12:33 pm
Arians is over-rated. sorry.
April 1st, 2019 at 12:44 pm
^ You’re over-rated. sorry.
April 1st, 2019 at 1:06 pm
Jason Licht has good effort with second round picks….ooops…he has missed on nearly ALL of them!
April 1st, 2019 at 1:46 pm
We just have to protect him — and run the ball!
Amen. It’s almost like we need better play from the o-line?
Here’s to hoping it was really just poor coaching these last few years…
April 1st, 2019 at 2:16 pm
We have to protect him? HAHAHAHA!!! That’s insane. Let’s protect his fragile psyche too.
April 1st, 2019 at 3:28 pm
The Oline is a tale of two lines. Our Oline does NOT totally suck.
People simply do not wish to face the truth. Just google Football Outsiders and 2018 NFL line play.
We were second from the last…31st in the league in run blocking. That does suck! However in pass protection we were 15th. That’s a major difference. If we were 15th in run blocking we would have been right there with Pittsburgh and our RB’s would have averaged 3/4 of a yard more.
I certainly concede that our poor run blocking made JW’s job difficult as well as Barber’s. One of JW’s greatest skills is the play action pass but without a running threat that goes out the window. If BA can teach our OL to run block as well as they pass block our offense is going to take off like a rocket.
April 1st, 2019 at 3:41 pm
Apparently Joe made me “Anonymous”?
April 2nd, 2019 at 7:56 am
^ You made yourself anonymous.
April 2nd, 2019 at 10:02 pm
Jameis hasn’t had a running game for 2 yrs & really only had 1 season where the running was good. Go figure that was the season he had a winning season. No running game, horrible defense, horrible kicking game BUT Jameis is the problem.
Idk when ppl will start opening their eyes & realize this kid isn’t the issue! Far from it!