In the category of Best Performance by a Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback in a Season-Opening Win over the Atlanta Falcons, the Oscar goes to…Steve DeBerg.
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Yep, DeBerg set the bar rather high on opening day in 1987, throwing five touchdown passes and no interceptions in a 48-10 thrashing of the Falcons. The well-traveled veteran, in the first of two stints with the Buccaneers, put together a nearly-perfect 141.3 passer rating on the day, before people were paying much attention to "passer rating."
And so Jameis Winston may not get a gold statuette for his sublime performance on Sunday in the Buccaneers' 2016 season opener, almost 30 years after DeBerg's best Buc day, but he'll still be remembered for one of the best Week One performances in team history.