Shannon Sharpe will have a message for Jameis Winston.
On Sunday, as the Saints were culminating in a victory over the Falcons, Winston yelled for running back Jamaal Williams to score his first touchdown of the season, and after the game the team announced Dennis・He casually explained that he had decided to overturn the head coach's decision. Allen's decision.
Appearing on ESPN's “First Take” Monday morning, Sharp didn't think it was a laughing matter.
“Dennis Allen looks like he's lost control of the locker room. But I'll say this: I would cut Jameis Winston today,” Sharp said.
“I don't want him on my team. That's the loser mentality. People say, 'But Shannon, what happened when Dan Marino fake-spiked the ball or Peyton Manning?' right. They were not in victory formation! The defense conceded a goal. If you want to run the ball, line up your defense. Don't fool the ball into thinking it's a winning lineup.
“That's cheating. Dennis Allen has to go because his players don't respect him,” said Coach Sharp, who reiterated that he intended to cut Winston.
Allen said Monday that he is “hopeful” to return for a third year as the Saints' head coach after a 9-8 season in which New Orleans missed the playoffs.
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“There's a mentality you have to have if you want to play football. Jameis Winston has a loser mentality,” Sharp continued in his “First Take” corner.
“That's why they didn't win in Tampa. That's why Tom Brady came there and led that same team to the Super Bowl.”
Winston gave an apologetic explanation to reporters in the locker room after the game.
“Well, I felt sorry for the prosecutor because this play was a win, but I also explained to him that it was a team decision,” Winston said. “I asked the players, ‘What do you want to do?’ We know how much Jamal means to this team. We told them that, and the DA didn't condone it at all. But we decided as a team to do it.”
