Newly acquired Kellen Winslow Jr. skipped out on the Bucaneers first voluntary wokouts on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
Winslow, acquired from the Browns in February and given a $42 million contract with over $20 million guaranteed, apparently informed the Bucs he would miss the practices, and team officials and players didn’t seem concerned.
Quarterback Luke McCown, likely battling for the starting spot, offered this gem:
“Kellen is a professional, he’s a Pro Bowler, he knows how to get his body ready. I talk with Kellen weekly and make sure we’re on the same page.”
Really? A quick chat on the phone to make sure you’re “on the same page” sure is going to help your timing on routes.
Former Buc Warren Sapp, like Winslow a former Miami Hurricane, offered a different view:
“So when your team fires up OTA’s and you’re not here, I guess you’re being misunderstood again, right? Your past don’t equal your future, but it will damn sure give me some reflection of what you might do. I’ll leave it at that.”
Apparently Winslow’s excuse for missing the workouts is that he is moving his family to Tampa. Apparently, despite two months notice and several million dollars in his pocket, and this week just happens to be the only time Winslow could move his family.
New offense, new coach, unsettled quarterback situation, and one of the guys expected to be featured in the offense–a guy who has a checkered past when it comes to being able to stay on the field during the regular season, and who said after the trade that he was ready for a new beginning and that as “I stand here before you now, I think I’m a changed man,” and he’s already skipping practices with a lame excuse.
Yep, good luck in Tampa Bay this season. You might need it.
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Isn’t Winslow the guy that likened his play to being in a war around the time the Iraq War began? From day one he ‘salways acted like a diva before accomplishing anything in the NFL. I thought his accident changed him for the better but it doesn’t appear so. Everyone knows when you start a new job that you want to get off to your best behavior. 1st impressions count!!! Too bad he didn’t inherit some of his Father’s class.
You are right Tony. His dad, even though I thought that he was a one-dimensional player who could not block worth a lick, became a hall of famer because he was willing to do what it took to win. That legendary game against Miami in the 1981-82 playoffs says it all. Even though he was extremely dehydrated he left it all out on the field. He blocked a potential game-winning field goal and continued to play at a high-level of play that won the game for San Diego even though his teamates had to help him off the field. I do not see this in his son. All I see is a guy who is one of those I players instead of an US player. He is not a player that will leave it all on the field he will take some of it with him. So I am not suprised when he skipped out of practices. He is just showing how arrogant he really is. Brown fans ought to be happy that he is gone.