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Favre on Winston: There is tremendous upside

Many in and around football have tried to compare Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston to some of football’s greatest to ever play.

One of them, is Hall of Famer Brett Favre.

People have often compared Winston to Favre and his gunslinger mentality throwing the football. But that mentality often got Favre in trouble.

In 2005, Favre threw 29 interceptions. On his show on Sirius XM NFL Radio on Tuesday, Favre was asked by his co-host Bruce Murray about comparing all those interceptions to Winston’s 23 interceptions this season.

“I think with Jameis, there is such a huge upside.