TAMPA, Fla. -– If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' season opener against the San Francisco 49ers is any indication, new head coach Bruce Arians -- aka the “Quarterback Whisperer” -- has his work cut out for him in solving the riddle that is Jameis Winston in a “make-or-break” fifth year for the quarterback.
Up until this season, Winston had been afforded the benefit of stability -- a rarity in today’s NFL, especially for a franchise that’s had one winning season in the last eight years. Winston had the luxury of the same offensive playcaller in Dirk Koetter and the same quarterbacks coach in Mike Bajakian for four years.