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Someone thinks Jameis Winston won't be gifted the starting job

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted a quarterback number one overall. Usually, that means they have a new starter. And really, everything points to that being the case in Tampa, too. Everything, that is, except for Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune, who told 620WDAE that Winston wasn't guaranteed a starting job -- JoeBucsFan has the full quote, and here's the key bit:

"I think he learned his lesson a little bit," Cummings said of Lovie. "Not that it was a lesson he had to learn, I think he had faith in those guys, but I think he's decided, along with Jason Licht and the coaching staff, ‘You know what, let's make guys earn things right now.