Shaft 1,015 Posted April 26, 2020 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/saints/2020/04/26/jameis-winston-contract-talks-new-orleans-saints/3029308001/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
League_Champion 1,698 Posted April 26, 2020 10 minutes ago, Shaft said: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/saints/2020/04/26/jameis-winston-contract-talks-new-orleans-saints/3029308001/ Twitter › MasterTes Master Jameis Winston has completed 10 career passes to Saints players. Taysom Hill has completed 7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
purplemonster 289 Posted April 27, 2020 I am still surprised Jameis isn't a starter somewhere. He's still young. But maybe the Saints want to coach him up and see if he can replace Brees eventually. Not necessarily a bad plan if there are no other takers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wolverines Fan 263 Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, purplemonster said: I am still surprised Jameis isn't a starter somewhere. He's still young. But maybe the Saints want to coach him up and see if he can replace Brees eventually. Not necessarily a bad plan if there are no other takers Totally agree. Nice move by the Saints. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shaft 1,015 Posted April 27, 2020 2 hours ago, purplemonster said: I am still surprised Jameis isn't a starter somewhere. He's still young. But maybe the Saints want to coach him up and see if he can replace Brees eventually. Not necessarily a bad plan if there are no other takers This makes the most sense. He's going into an established system and it's a low risk-high reward move for the Saints. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gourdeau 475 Posted April 27, 2020 I was hoping the Steelers would get him. According to reports they offered him a slightly more lucrative deal, but Winstom chose to go learn from Payton and Brees. I can respect that decision. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Finn5033 312 Posted April 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Gourdeau said: I was hoping the Steelers would get him. According to reports they offered him a slightly more lucrative deal, but Winstom chose to go learn from Payton and Brees. I can respect that decision. Look at what it did for Teddy Bridgewater. Bridgewater had a chance to sign with Miami last offseason and compete to be the starter and chose to stay as a backup with the Saints. Jameis has way more physical talent than Bridgewater, if he can get better upstairs he could be really good. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gourdeau 475 Posted April 27, 2020 24 minutes ago, Finn5033 said: Look at what it did for Teddy Bridgewater. Bridgewater had a chance to sign with Miami last offseason and compete to be the starter and chose to stay as a backup with the Saints. Jameis has way more physical talent than Bridgewater, if he can get better upstairs he could be really good. Yup and its more likely that Brees is going to retire before Ben so less time to wait. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shorttynaz 1,158 Posted April 27, 2020 15 hours ago, purplemonster said: I am still surprised Jameis isn't a starter somewhere. He's still young. But maybe the Saints want to coach him up and see if he can replace Brees eventually. Not necessarily a bad plan if there are no other takers I thought it was just a 1 year deal, but apparently it's 2 years for $21M, with $16M guaranteed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordOpie 2,355 Posted April 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, Shorttynaz said: I thought it was just a 1 year deal, but apparently it's 2 years for $21M, with $16M guaranteed. That's not taysom's contract? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shorttynaz 1,158 Posted April 27, 2020 1 minute ago, LordOpie said: That's not taysom's contract? You're right - I read it wrong. Says Winston and the Saints are still negotiating a 1-year deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shorttynaz 1,158 Posted April 27, 2020 Either way he should slide right in. After all, he does have more experience throwing to Saints players than Taysom Hill does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darin3 1,312 Posted April 27, 2020 Great move by the Saints. See what the guy does as a backup for a year. See if Brees is done after this year..... if he is, sign Winston for a longer deal if he looked to be "gettin' it". He could be the Saints starter for 5-6 years and that offense would still be pretty good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordOpie 2,355 Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) I'll have to look deeper later, like 3rd down conversions, but i took a quick look and not many on the league were better than jamies Winston at yards per attempt, 8.1, better than most. MVP mahomes was only 8.3. If jamies can protect the ball while maintaining everything else, he'd be great. Edited April 27, 2020 by LordOpie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordOpie 2,355 Posted April 29, 2020 Jameis Winston's one-year contract with the Saints is worth just $1.1 million. Wow. He clearly wanted to be there. Probably will be there for a dozen years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
