In a game where the entire team stepped up, Winston was the star this team envisioned him becoming. If this is truly the “new” Jameis Winston and he can find consistency being this type of player for an entire season, then the Saints are in very good hands. It was nice to see Winston use other resources to make a play rather than force something that wasn’t there. A post-June 1 cut would save 12.8 million, but no savings until then. Winston's release could save 4.4 million against the salary cap, but the Saints would take on 11.2 million in dead money. But when the situation dictated it, Winston turned nothing into something and on multiple occasions earned a first down. New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston will likely be a salary cap casualty after the signing of former Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr. Who knew New Orleans had a dual-threat quarterback who’s name isn’t Taysom Hill? Not me. But when it came time to pass, Winston used sound judgement and looked fantastic while taking control of the offense.įinally, what helped separate Winston from the rest plays into the first two reasons, but it was using his legs and converting for first downs. Their 171 rushing yards kept the ball out of Rodgers’ hands and helped run the clock down. In a sense, the Saints didn’t need to air the ball out. The offense started with a short field on the majority of drives thanks to the defensive performance by the Saints, as well as Green Bay’s inexplicable tendency to go for it on the majority of fourth downs. Instead, he spread the ball around to Alvin Kamara, Juwan Johnson (twice), Chris Hogan, and the beautiful deep ball to Deonte Harris. However, he didn’t throw an interception and he did throw five touchdowns, none of which were to players named Michael Thomas or Marquez Callaway. Sure, if one just looks at the box score then Winston’s 148 passing yards doesn’t come across as impressive. In a game where all eyes were on Winston, he rose to the occasion, and that leads us to the next reason he is our player of the game: his actual play. Winston has handled the pressure admirably and even chalked up a lot of his success on Sunday to learning from Brees when he said after the game that “Drew always preached, it’s about the decision, not the result.” Winston looked in complete command of the offense and just looked like he was having fun. Winston was asked to take over an offense that was led by one of the greatest quarterbacks the game has ever seen for the previous 15 seasons. To start, don’t think players don’t feel the pressure that fans, teammates and they themselves have placed on them. For that reason, it makes it so hard to single out just one player as the “player of the game.”īut, for this exercise, I am going with quarterback Jameis Winston for three valid reasons: If there was ever a game that embodied the definition of “entire team effort” then Sunday’s game was exactly that. I did say that if the Saints were going to be competitive it would take an entire team effort. Although his deal is worth less than Taysom Hill’s, the team may. Winston re-signed with the Saints on a one-year, 5.5 million deal worth up to 12 million with bonuses. It should make for one of the more controversial offseason topics. But part-time Jeopardy! host Rodgers did little that resembled leading his team to anything other than turnovers and New Orleans capitalized on that ineptitude. Thus, Jameis Winston is the favorite to begin the season as the Saints’ starting quarterback in 2021. I’ll be the first to admit that I was wrong, dead wrong, as I predicted the Aaron Rodgers-led Packers would beat the Saints 31-17. © 2023 New Orleans Saints.The New Orleans Saints defeated the Green Bay Packers 38-3 on Sunday afternoon.
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