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Jameis Winston produces wildly historic night on MNF
By Paul Harvey
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Jameis Winston has been known to produce all the highs and lows one can expect from an NFL quarterback. On Monday Night Football, he lived up to that reputation in a game for the history books with the Cleveland Browns.
Winston provided many highlight plays, including a 70-yard pass to Jerry Jeudy in the 3rd quarter. He also had a touchdown pass to Nick Chub midway through the 4th quarter that gave the Browns a brief lead over the Denver Broncos.
When it was all said and done, Winston set a new career-high with 497 passing yards. He has just 2 other games past 450+ passing yards in his NFL career.
There are just a few problems. For starters, Winston threw 3 interceptions. And with that, Winston actually threw 2 pick-6s with the last one allowing the Broncos to put the game away at 41-32 inside the final 2 minutes.
All added up, Winston had 497 passing yards and 171 interception return yards on his 3 picks. That brings his combined passing yards and interception return yards to a whopping 668 yards, the most from a QB in a single game in NFL history.
Jameis Winston threw for 497 yards tonight. The Broncos also had 171 interception return yards against him.
The 668 combined passing yards plus interception return yards off of his passes is the most by any QB in a single game in NFL history. pic.twitter.com/OKPzK6fK9Q
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) December 3, 2024
After the loss, Winston reacted to the performance in the only way Winston can. He expressed a prayer to be “delivered from the pick-6s” while saying he is better than that performance.
“I am a better player, but at times like this, it’s an opportunity to continue glorify the Lord even through the toughest circumstances,” said Winston. “I know I’m better than this, I’m just praying for the Lord to deliver me from pick-6s. That’s not me.”
“I know I’m better than this. I’m just praying for the Lord to deliver me from pick-sixes. Like that’s… not me.”
— Jameis Winston on his 2 pick-sixes vs. the Broncos pic.twitter.com/WRyxnhPFeJ
— NFL on CBS (@NFLonCBS) December 3, 2024
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
