TAMPA — Some quarterbacks would rather throw an interception or take a sack than be labeled a game manager.
Not Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston.
At this early stage of his career, a game manager is precisely what the first pick in the 2015 draft is striving to be.
“I just want to be a good game manager and put our team in the best possible situation to win,’’ Winston said Sunday after collecting his first NFL victory in his second start, a 26-19 win in New Orleans.
Well, that’s precisely what “game managers’’ tend to do, even though the label is rarely considered a compliment.