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Buccaneers: Opinion – Jameis Winston may not be a franchise quarterback

With Jameis Winston out, the grizzled veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick stepped in and nearly led the Buccaneers to an improbable comeback victory.

Fitzpatrick put up very nice numbers going 22/33 with 290-yards and three touchdowns. The significant number to take away from this though, is Fitzpatrick was only sacked a single time, and even with two interceptions had a quarterback rating (QBR) of 53.4 per ESPN.

Winston, in his first four starts this season had a higher rating in only two of those games. Also going back to last season, he only had a higher QBR in 7/16 games.