Jameis Winston Says He’s Not Trying To Be Like Baker Mayfield
February 22nd, 2025
So Baker Mayfield led the NFL in interceptions last season, tied with Kirk Cousins at 16 picks.
That made it a little funny this week when Bussin’ With The Boys co-host Taylor Lewan asked Jameis Winston, America’s turnover machine and former Bucs franchise quarterback, if he wants to be like Mayfield, a guy who resurrected his career in Tampa after losing his starting jobs in Cleveland and Carolina.
Jameis punted on talking about Mayfield or saying he’d like to be in Mayfield-style shoes.
“Honestly, the quarterbacks I’ve been watching this offseason have been Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson — because I think they do a good job of limiting their own critical errors …” Jameis said. “Sometimes they have games where you’re just like, ‘Man, they had 18 consecutive checkdowns.’ And I think that’s the part of my game I have to really master. I know I can win a shootout. I know I can go out there and surgically dissect any defense that comes my way. But now the key to my game, to me actually elongating my career, is winning football games and protecting to the best ability I can.”
Man, Joe gets great laughs from Jameis. The poor guy has been trying to cut his interceptions and play a more composed game for so many years — and he loves talking about how he’s attempting to do it.
Last season, Jameis made 7 starts for the Browns and had 13 TDs and 12 interceptions. Classic.
Frankly, Joe thinks Jameis should want to be more like Mayfield, who has managed to find a stellar balance between gunslinger, scrambler and poised thrower to guys out of the backfield.
Mayfield completing 71.4 percent of his passes last season was a total eye-opener worthy of applause.
February 22nd, 2025 at 6:24 pm
Oh, FFS. Just go away already, you clown.
Your old and tired act is old and tired.
February 22nd, 2025 at 6:33 pm
This damn photo of Winston needs to go away, looks like he ate rotten crab legs
February 22nd, 2025 at 6:36 pm
The more Jameis the better! The dude is TV gold, you never know what kind of insane nonsense he’ll say next. I can’t wait for his next interview!!!
February 22nd, 2025 at 6:45 pm
Lets sign him to play for the aints….thats a guaranteed 2 wins next season, but they have to play him.
February 22nd, 2025 at 6:45 pm
He is a Fool that never grew up as a Passer. Always trying to force the ball. Baker is 10x the QB he ever was. Go Bucs!!
February 22nd, 2025 at 6:46 pm
watch your mouth JP real bucs fans f with jameis.
February 22nd, 2025 at 7:04 pm
There are many ex-Bucs that fans root for Jameis included. I can deal with 16 ints a year, 1 per game. 1st half and 3 rd quarter you can recover from. Baker really hasn’t had any game losing ints. And certainly has less pick 6’s than Jaboo.
February 22nd, 2025 at 7:13 pm
I got lots of time for Jameis. Dude has such a fun aura and I just love it. He’s said the same thing every year, but if it ever does click, he’s easily a top 19 QB in the league. He can throw it a mile and drop it in the bucket – but he will never see that linebacker drop deep and under cut a route. I wish he figured it out with Tampa, but I love watching the dude no matter where he goes. Genuinely brightens my day when I catch some interview or whatever with him.
February 22nd, 2025 at 7:14 pm
Obviously meant top 10. Lol.
February 22nd, 2025 at 7:28 pm
Love Jameis. He’s found his niche. Sorry it’s not football but RUN WITH IT!!!! Football loves you. You did a super job in NO. Go go go!!
February 22nd, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Well it is football but not a QB. Although I’d love to see him play. Entertaintment??? Yea.
February 22nd, 2025 at 8:02 pm
What makes Jameis fun to listen to is that he has no filter, he doesn’t think before he shoots off his mouth. He plays quarterback the same way, and I’m not sure he can change it. The impulse control is just weak with this one.
February 22nd, 2025 at 8:08 pm
Future sideline reporter incoming. THAT is his niche.
February 22nd, 2025 at 8:20 pm
I don’t know what we’re doing with Trask but if we lose him we could certainly do worse at backup QB than JW. Guy has talent and pizzazz. He can win football games. Who’s perfect? And if he had to play he’d be playing with the best offense he’s ever played with.
February 22nd, 2025 at 8:27 pm
Remember when Desean Jackson got miffed and wanted to leave because Jameis couldn’t hit him on a deep route? James was great on 15-20 yard bullets but couldn’t throw a deep timing pass or screen to save his ass. He’s never had touch or timing, it was just see and throw
February 22nd, 2025 at 9:21 pm
I think the problem with Jameis was he came out too early. He should’ve stayed at FSU for another year & matured some more.
February 22nd, 2025 at 9:22 pm
“I can dissect a defense”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
February 22nd, 2025 at 9:23 pm
Yep Kenton, im with it….we’re gonna need one so why not
February 22nd, 2025 at 9:32 pm
Find it interesting that Tampa is the only place Jamies really never expressed is personality…..
Why is that? Probably due to the Trask loving Gator portion of the fan base hating on the man 24/7…good for Jameis to get away from this toxic fan base, looks like he’s been enjoying himself ever since he left.
February 22nd, 2025 at 9:36 pm
Technically agree with Madmax and Kenton….Jameis is X10 the quarterback that Trask is so it makes sense from a football standpoint….but due to the amount of hate Jameis received here, I dont even think he’d want to return.
February 22nd, 2025 at 9:56 pm
Of course he won’t say he wants to be like someone who is currently the Bucs QB. He starting earmarking the $100 million dollar contract he thought he would get after the 2019 season. Thankfully he was who we thought he was ( Denny Green: RIP ) and finished off the season in his own unique style.
His Super Bowl media dog & pony show was amusing I suppose…laughing at him more than with him however.
February 22nd, 2025 at 10:01 pm
Baker took the Bucs to 2 division titles and playoff visists.
Hiw many did Winston get for Tampa?
February 22nd, 2025 at 10:11 pm
Talented guy but he has never adapted his approach. Same guy he
Was at FSU. Old dog, no née tricks.
February 22nd, 2025 at 11:14 pm
Baker has the dog in him that Wilson will just never have
February 22nd, 2025 at 11:38 pm
The guy is clueless…
Jaymiss….Buddy, they think of you as a clown! They are laughing at you, not with you dude!
Go Bucs!
February 23rd, 2025 at 1:05 am
Enjoy a plate of some Jameis crab legs and a bottle of Big Stork beer. Bawhawhaw!
February 23rd, 2025 at 2:22 am
Crab leg magoo needs to focus on his weird leadership and intense desire to violate peoples personal space.
February 23rd, 2025 at 4:46 am
Jameis has matured a lot since the Bucs. Fun to listen to.
Agree with Kenton, MadMax, and Tbbucs3. If Trask leaves, Jameis could be a good backup for Baker. Unsure if Jason would revisit it though.
February 23rd, 2025 at 5:32 am
I believe we have an offensive team that can make any QB look good, even Trask, and yes, even Jameis. The way Mayfield plays is really scary at times. He’s tough as nails, but can he play like that his whole career without a serious injury? I believe the offense we had last season is good enough to carry any backup QB. Trask has never gotten the opportunity to play with the starters in a real game, so there’s no actual evidence to gauge him by. Jameis never had an OL, the backs, or receivers that Mayfield had last season. I would prefer that Trask stay as a backup because he knows the system and the players. If he leaves, Jameis should be considered as an option. He would win games with this offense, and would accept a backup role. Apparently he still has a great work ethic, and dedication to the game. He loves it. He’ll play for crab legs.
February 23rd, 2025 at 6:59 am
The real story here is Baker tied for lead in interceptions last season. He needs to at least cut down on the picks where you’re asking yourself why the hell did he throw that? Those balls that had no chance being completed. Have to remember it was his first year fully in that offense. Hopefully this season he cuts those picks in half knowing the offense better.
February 23rd, 2025 at 7:25 am
Great picture of that @ss clown
February 23rd, 2025 at 7:59 am
Russell Wilson is a check down machine.
February 23rd, 2025 at 8:22 am
Jamies in Jacksonville they need a backup to overpaid Lawrence.
February 23rd, 2025 at 8:51 am
“ I know I can go out there and surgically dissect any defense that comes my way.” -ATM
You can’t make this stuff up! Bless his giving (int) heart. “Check yo’ sheets!”, Jameis.
Baker must be better. Most of his picks last year were Jameis-esque, thrown under duress, when they shouldn’t have been thrown, into double & triple coverage; EASY picks for the defense. Bake has been baked in crunch time too often. This must stop!
February 23rd, 2025 at 9:38 am
The big need is to replace Trask with a younger guy. Forget the two top QB guys in the draft. We can get a bargain on day 2 though. Anyone of the QBs from Ohio State, ND, Texas or Indiana will do. Let the guy learn behind Mayfield the way Mahomes, Love, abd Rodgers did.
February 23rd, 2025 at 9:39 am
Leave my man Jameis alone. He is a career Backup QB. Nothing wrong with that.
February 23rd, 2025 at 11:13 am
Baker has the # 3 QB stats in the NFL yet soooo many still find fault how ghetto u know it alls are
February 23rd, 2025 at 1:06 pm
Damn if the truth wasn’t so funny, Joe.
PS: re: Jamies hating: “why so serious?”
February 23rd, 2025 at 1:14 pm
Fans like Jameis because he is an immature clown and acts that way. Unfortunately for Jameis those are two traits that don’t transfer well to the NFL QB position. For that reasion he will always be the same ole Jameis.
February 23rd, 2025 at 1:40 pm
Baker completion percentage means NOTHING when you always turn the ball over in big moments…. Fans kill me with the FRANCHISE Qb talk 😂😂😂😂 like where?
February 23rd, 2025 at 2:39 pm
Every DB in the NFL is rolling in laughter.
February 23rd, 2025 at 2:42 pm
As it’s Sunday and Winston loves church …
Job 13:5
If only you would be altogether silent. For you, that would be wisdom.
February 23rd, 2025 at 3:37 pm
@Ant – hey pops, I know you’re defending your kid, but people view him as a clown. Especially NFL GMs. But you know that already. Big mad that he never got the huge contract you thought he was owed, which is laugh out loud funny.
Maybe panhandling for a job at the SB somehow works out, but likely not.
As a sideshow spectacle, he is without peer. As a starting NFL QB, he’s a a zero.
February 23rd, 2025 at 3:46 pm
I mean Joe this is puzzling to me. Let me explain. I’m a big baker fan. He lays it on the line every single play. If you don’t like that then you don’t like football. He’s the catch tho there’s bin a bunch of jaymis like fumbles and ints that are just terrible. I don’t want baker to stop but he doesn’t have a defense that can do stop an offense when we turn the ball over. So basically I just want him to play smarter. Not do less but man learn to throw the ball away or check down if it’s not there. That’s what’s puzzling for me. If we had a better defense that could get the ball back or make some stops then shoot baker along that rock lol
February 23rd, 2025 at 6:15 pm
30-30 or 41-16. Jamies is not even close to the same realm of qb.
February 23rd, 2025 at 8:40 pm
Hell, I’d love to see us sign him as a backup.
February 23rd, 2025 at 9:02 pm
Flying pigs will dive bomb OBP before JaMiss is ever a Buc again. Not a chance in anyone’s hell.
February 23rd, 2025 at 10:20 pm
43 TDs and 16 INTs and all the Baker haters want to talk about are the 16 INTs. No mention of the rushing yards or rushing TDs either. No mention of his 12 to 3 playof TD to Int ratio.The guy had so many scrambles to move the chains and keep the Bucs in games and they act like it never happened. He has already proven you fools wrong. At this point you are just making yourselves look incredibly stupid.
February 24th, 2025 at 7:17 am
@Allbuccedup – Jags have a pretty good back-up. Mac Jones. I don’t think they will take a look at Jameis, but you never know. I believe John Wolford is still a back-up too, but could be wrong on that.
February 24th, 2025 at 7:22 am
You people talking about the 16. What do you want he had a league leading 71.2% completion percentage…
Mahomes and even Brady never sniffed a completion percentage in the 70’s for a whole season. What Baker did is phenomenal. I agree, it would be nice if he could cut his 16 down to 6 but what he did this year with the passer rating of 108.2 and his 71.4% no other quarterback did that good in 2024.
February 24th, 2025 at 7:40 am
All these years and Jameis still is a mess. I couldn’t stand him in Tampa and am still tired of his excuses now.
February 24th, 2025 at 10:46 am
“I know I can go out there and surgically dissect any defense that comes my way.”
…if only his precision matched his confidence level. All that gets surgically dissected when Jameis is on the field is Jameis’ ability NOT to throw a pick.
February 24th, 2025 at 1:50 pm
Where are all my Gator clowns at? bring em out. They’ll drop being a bucs fan because they hated Jameis so much. Funny. Turds suck
February 25th, 2025 at 8:17 am
Jamies didn’t have the same coaches as Baker Mayfield or play book. Baker Mayfield threw a lot of screens and check downs and not to mention Bucky Irvin. Jamies was asked to throw the ball 45 times and 28 of those throws will be 16 yards are more which is a high risk of throwing picks. Look how Jamies looked with Sean Payton as his HC 14 TD with 3 picks because he a threat at runningback. Jamies had Payton Babarer and Ronald Jones, Brady had Lenny Fournett and Baker Mayfield has Bucky Irvin, Rashard White and Sean Tucker who is better than Rashard White to me. Jamies had Donovan Smith and a washed up Damar Dotson at tackle. Brady had Wirs and Smith with Gronk also helping block. Baker Mayfield has Wirs and Gedeckey I no I spell his name wrong both of them are much better than what Jamies had . And not to mention a much weak NFC south then Jamies and Brady. But again Baker Mayfield had a good regular season can’t take that from him but he chocked in the playoffs 2 years in a row and that’s a fact!! I hope he plays better if we make the playoffs this year. It’s NFC Championship or bust at least this year. No more excuses!!
February 25th, 2025 at 9:49 am
Actually that’s not a fact Onei. Having a 146.5 passer rating is FAR FAR from choking. In fact, it’s near perfection of 158.3. No other quarterback played that good in the playoffs. Mahomes had a 101 and did the exact same fumble on a jet sweep. Of course Mahomes has a defense that helps him win games. You people that say Baker choked just exposed your ignorance of football or your hatred of football. You will have to decide which it is. Probably both. Must have been tough on you all this season due to Baker playing as well as he did and leaving you no room to complain.