Jameis Winston (QB, TB) - Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Jameis Winston had just about as bad a debut as you can have. He had a -9.3 ProFootballFocus grade, which is tragic. Week 2 saw Winston square up with the crummy New Orleans Saints defense, and if he didn't perform well, I'd have written him off for a long time. However, he did well, grading out with a 3.1 PFF rating. While the box score may show that he had Mike Evans at his disposal, many reports came out that Evans was still not at 100%, and really wasn't that big a part of the gameplan going into Week 2. He should only get more involved in the coming weeks, which bodes well for Winston. The bad news? Tampa Bay has a nightmare date with the Houston Texans in Week 3. Jameis might have one or two seconds before J.J. Watt, Vince Wilfork, and Jadeveon Clowney are in his face. Tampa's rushing attack is going to struggle all year due to a poor offensive line, but it'll be especially bad against the Texans. They also face the Panthers in Week 4, who have a similar profile. It might not be pretty, it might be in garbage time as they're down by 10+, but Jameis should have plenty of opportunities to throw the ball to his gigantic targets in Evans, Vincent Jackson, and Austin Seferian-Jenkins. A better fantasy asset than real life given his line, don't watch the games, but add him in two quarterback leagues and see if he can build off this confidence building performance from Week 2.