NEW ORLEANS - Holy people lead trainer Sean Payton said he believes that quarterback Jameis Winston experienced a "critical" knee injury prior to being hauled away the field in the second quarter of Sunday's 36-27 triumph over his previous group, the Tampa Sound Marauders.
"I cried when I saw him coming in," recognized Payton, who said he was holding back to talk with specialists prior to giving a more definite finding. "It's hard."
Winston, exactly as expected, was all the while moving while on supports in the Holy people's postgame storage space festivity, as per colleague C.J. Gardner-Johnson's Instagram feed. Winston likewise tweeted a "WHO DAT!" after the game.
Veteran reinforcement quarterback Trevor Siemian supplanted Winston and drove the Holy people (5-2) to a far-fetched win that was secured by Bucs quarterback Tom Brady's third turnover of the game - an interference returned for a score by cautious back P.J. Williams with 1:24 leftover.
It's indistinct who will begin at quarterback for the Holy people in Week 9 at home against the Atlanta Birds of prey - or for the rest of the period if Winston misses critical time. Taysom Slope would be a characteristic contender for the job, however he has been sidelined by a blackout since Week 5, however he has been advancing in his recuperation.
Winston was harmed during a pony collar tackle by Marauders linebacker Devin White - who was hailed 15 yards for pulling Winston somewhere near the shoulder space of his pullover, driving Winston to land ungracefully. Winston's left leg got stuck behind him as he hit the turf. Coaches and clinical staff inspected him on the field prior to assisting him with limping gradually to the sideline and into the clinical tent. He was subsequently helped onto a truck and driven back to the storage space.
Winston finished 6 of 10 passes for 56 yards and a score and mixed multiple times for 40 yards prior to leaving the game with the score tied 7-7. For the season, Winston is 95-of-151 passing (59%) for 1,170 yards with 14 TDs and three capture attempts.
"First I need to say how destroyed I am for Jameis. This success was for him," said Siemian, who finished 16 of 29 passes for 159 yards and a score. "I simply feel for the person, I love him to such an extent. Simply being around him, you can't resist, he has this irresistible character. Also, you're simply frickin' destroyed when you see anyone hurt. However, watching him get injured was extreme."
Siemian is 13-12 as a starter in his vocation - however hasn't dominated a match beginning around 2017 with the Denver Mustangs. He assessed that he had "200ish" texts sitting tight for him after the game, however kidded that, "Most are from my mother."
"I sort of lost the feeling of how fun it is the point at which you're out there in a cluster and in a drive and you score," Siemian said. "There's a delight to this game that you can't get pursuing whatever else, and that was somewhat amusing."
Williams, who got the securing capture, was really a colleague of Winston at Florida State and was one of many Holy people's players who voiced their help for Winston after the game. Payton said he gave Winston a game ball. A few colleagues embraced Winston in transit off the field, including harmed recipient Michael Thomas, who was watching the game on the sideline in road garments.
White additionally said he went up and tapped his previous partner on the head, saying, "I disdain that this happened to you, man. Since you're playing acceptable ball and simply petitioning God for you."
Since, man, Jameis is a hero. He's an extraordinary person. I will put an accentuation on that," White said of Winston, who played with the Marauders from 2015 to 2019. "All last year when they [were] playing and we [were] playing, he was messaging - I couldn't say whether he was messaging everyone, except me and him [were] close. At the point when I came in, he somewhat showed me around - and simply letting me know how glad he was of me. In any event, when we won a Super Bowl, he was one of the principal texts, similar to, 'Congrats, man. I wish I could be a piece of that, yet you all merit it. You put a ton of work in, and we generally discussed how uncommon all of you could be.'
He's an incredible person. You would rather not witness that. I trust it's not significant, man. I'm simply petitioning God for him. Be that as it may, it's a long season. [I] trust he can return and battle with his group."
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