Winston was fired up before his start for the Browns.
Jameis Winston had another opportunity to start for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday as the Los Angeles Chargers rolled into town on Sunday and it is safe to say that he was intensely focused on capitalizing. Winston at one point agreed to do a pregame interview with Nate Burleson from CBS'sImpressive fire and focus from the field before going to battle.
The best part of this memorable interview comes about 80 seconds in when Burleson, with all Winston's previous answers in hand, admitted that he wanted to have a little fun with the quarterback. That's elite confidence and optimism right there because Winston was definitely about having fun in the moment.
It will be fun to see how this pregame hit ages over the next three hours as the Browns play to save any hope of saving the season.Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24. Koster also did turns at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he created the Sports Pros blog, and at Woven Digital.
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