Jameis Winston isn\u2019t done playing football. In fact, he\u2019s barely halfway through.<\/p>\n
The New York Giants backup quarterback appeared on Pardon My Take<\/a> this week and told Big Cat and PFT Commenter he wants to play 12 more years in the NFL. That would take Winston through age 43 and give him a 24-year career that would rival Tom Brady\u2019s longevity.<\/p>\n \u201cI would love to play 12 [more] years. I\u2019m going to be on 12 this year,\u201d Winston said when asked about his football future. \u201cIn terms of my arm, I\u2019m blessed. I\u2019m really grateful that God gave me this arm, man.\u201d<\/p>\n Big Cat and PFT Commenter leaned into the bit, treating Winston\u2019s 12th season like halftime of his career and asking what adjustments he\u2019d make for the second half. And rather than mention preparing for a sports media transition or positioning himself for life after football, he rattled off plans to do more TV work while still playing, perform on Broadway, record a rap album, cut a Christmas carols record, and somehow collaborate with an AI-generated Frank Sinatra.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a lot of side projects for someone planning to play well into his 40s. But it also suggests Winston sees his media career as something that happens alongside football rather than after it. And given how networks have reacted to Winston\u2019s limited media work so far, they\u2019re probably fine waiting.<\/p>\n Winston\u2019s first media work came in February 2025 when Fox brought him on as a digital correspondent<\/a> for Super Bowl coverage. Winston went viral during Opening Night<\/a> for his player interactions, showing the same personality that makes his press conferences and mic\u2019d-up moments memorable. Ten months later, Fox brought Winston back for its NFL pregame shows<\/a> during the Giants\u2019 bye week. Winston appeared on both Fox NFL Kickoff and Fox NFL Sunday as a guest analyst.<\/p>\n He\u2019s charismatic, quotable, and weird in ways that make him memorable. Winston obviously has broadcasting potential, but that\u2019s all theoretical until he decides football is actually done. And based on this week\u2019s Pardon My Take appearance, he\u2019s nowhere close to that decision.<\/p>\n For now, networks will have to settle for occasional bye-week appearances and Super Bowl correspondent gigs. Winston\u2019s media career is happening in small doses while he chases a playing career that probably won\u2019t last nearly as long as he wants it to. Or maybe it will.<\/p>\n \u201cStart the petition now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jameis Winston isn\u2019t done playing football. In fact, he\u2019s barely halfway through. The New York Giants backup quarterback…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1801,1917,56,2321,2469,6,7644],"class_list":{"0":"post-756837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-jameis-winston","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-giants","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkgiants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-pardon-my-take"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116082554612829148","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}