Head coach Lovie Smith confirmed the worst kept secret in Tampa Bay Buccaneers camp: Jameis Winston will open training camp as the starting quarterback. “He’ll be taking first-team reps,” Smith told reporters at today’s press conference. “It’s what we already knew, what we saw in camp, what he has done on and off the field here.”
From the minute the Tampa Bay Buccaneers decided to roll the dice on Winston as the team’s quarterback of the future, the expectation was that he would be given every opportunity to grab the starting job the very next season. Since then, the former Seminole has continued to make positive strides, studying game film whenever he can and impressing his teammates with his work ethic.