TAMPA, Fla. -- It's gut check time for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, quarterback Jameis Winston included. But this time, there's no rah-rah pep talk in the locker room, nor has there been a heartfelt letter written to teammates. Instead, it's about him personally looking in the mirror and realizing that this ship will sink or sail depending on what he does next.
"This is a time when all of us must be accountable for own actions,"said Winston, whose Bucs have fallen to 2-5 despite enormous offseason expectations. "We've gotta look at ourselves in the mirror. That's what I'm starting with -- me.