Browns QB Jameis Winston defends viral pregame speeches: 'This is who I am'

Jameis Winston, nan apical prime successful nan 2015 NFL Draft, has 1 of nan astir outgoing and infectious personalities successful nan league. The Cleveland Browns quarterback's speeches to his teammates anterior to kickoffs person often created viral moments.

Winston was inserted into the starter role for nan Browns Week 8 matchup pinch nan Baltimore Ravens aft Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending wounded connected Oct. 20.  

The Browns entered this past Sunday's crippled connected a five-game losing streak. But possibly Winston's reside — and astir surely his 334 passing yards and 3 touchdowns — helped assistance Cleveland to a 29-24 upset triumph complete Baltimore.

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Oct 27, 2024; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns backmost Jameis Winston (5) takes a selfie aft defeating nan Baltimore Ravens astatine Huntington Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Scott Galvin-Imagn Images

The over-the-top pregame speeches are unsocial successful their ain right. On Wednesday, he defended nan authenticity of his motivational messages and pushed backmost against immoderate conception that he rehearses his speeches.

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"Bro, listen, this is who I am." Winston told reporters. "Like a batch of people, if you walk clip trying to fig out, ‘Who is this guy?’ You’re wasting your time, each right? That’s conscionable who I am. I’m not rehearsing things. What I americium rehearsing is our plays. If you want to perceive me, telephone a play telephone out, I’ll rehearse that for you. I americium doing that successful nan mirror. I americium having my woman telephone retired plays and worldly for illustration that. So, if you want to spot immoderate rehearsal stuff, find maine going complete nan playbook."

Jameis Winston #5 of nan Cleveland Browns warms-up anterior to a crippled against nan Dallas Cowboys astatine Cleveland Browns Stadium connected September 08, 2024 successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

A fewer years ago, videos circulated crossed societal media platforms showing Winston probing his teammates astir whether they were willing successful eating "a W."

"That's a W… Let's eat one… How galore group want to eat a W tonight?" Winston said earlier a game. Earlier this year, Winston sat down pinch "Pardon My Take," and explained that nan saying derived from a motivational reside he enjoys.

Cleveland Browns backmost Jameis Winston (5) throws against nan Baltimore Ravens during nan first half of an NFL shot crippled successful Cleveland, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024.  (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

"I've been eating W's since nan beginning," Winston said. "It started a long, agelong clip ago, and that's because my past sanction is W and nan first 4 letters of my past sanction spells retired 'wins.' Go and truth cheque me, it's astir apt correct connected Wikipedia."

"It each stemmed from 1 of my favourite motivational speeches and it each surrounds astir a vessel of, do y'all retrieve nan soup? The alphabet soup"," Winston asked. 

Browns wide receiver Cedric Tillman shared his thoughts connected Winston's latest pregame speech, saying, "I'm not gonna lie… I was laughing a little."

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The triumph complete nan Ravens was conscionable nan 2nd clip this twelvemonth nan Browns ended up successful nan triumph column. But, Winston and nan Browns will look to support nan momentum going this Sunday erstwhile they invited nan Los Angeles Chargers to Cleveland.

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