Saints QB Jameis Winston is expected to start Sunday with QB Derek Carr week-to-week with an AC joint sprain, according to Adam Schefter.
Winston will seemingly get another opportunity to prove that he’s worthy of being a starting quarterback in the NFL with Carr’s status uncertain for the near future.
Winston, 29, is a former first-round pick of the Buccaneers back in 2015. He played out the 2019 season under the fifth-year option from his rookie contract and made a base salary of $20.922 million.
Winston signed with the Saints on a one-year, $1.1 million deal in 2020 and returned to New Orleans on another one-year contract worth up to $12 million in 2021 as the starter. He, unfortunately, tore his ACL after eight games.
The Saints re-signed him last year to a two-year deal with a maximum value of $28 million.
From there, New Orleans re-signed Winston to a restructured one-year contract this past offseason.
In 2022, Winston was limited to appearing in just three games for the Saints and completing 63.5 percent of his passes for 858 yards, four touchdowns and five interceptions.
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