Winston completed 19-of-36 passes for 249 yards, while gaining 24 yards on three rushes in Sunday's 32-18 loss to the Giants. He also had a 10-yard touchdown run.
Winston enjoyed a fourth consecutive turnover-free performance, but also failed to throw for a touchdown for the first time all season. The 2015 first overall pick tallied an identical rushing stat line to the one he amassed in Week 8, including posting a rushing touchdown for the second consecutive week. Winston's fourth quarter 10-yard scamper into the end zone was a spirited sprint down the right sideline that ended when the quarterback went horizontal to insure he broke the plane of the goal line. Winston was also victimized by a bad case of the drops on the part of primary target Mike Evans, who could not get a handle on at least three catchable passes. Despite the loss, Winston has impressively held his own and not suffered any appreciable drop in performance while working with a considerably short-handed and inexperienced wide receiver corps over the last two weeks, in addition to playing the majority of the season without starting tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins (shoulder). Winston and the Bucs will try to rebound in their Week 10 home tilt versus the Bucs.