Ex-NFL star calls for Giants to cut quarterback Jameis Winston over latest bizarre on-field antics: ‘He’s clearly just trying to go viral’
Former NFL star Donte Whitner has called for the New York Giants to cut quarterback Jameis Winston over his bizarre on-field antics in Thursday night’s primetime game.
The controversial moment occurred when Winston bizarrely started singing Baha Men’s hit song ‘Who Let the Dogs Out?’ at the line of scrimmage against the Washington Commanders.
Attempting to draw the defense offside on a crucial 4th-and-inches from the Giants’ own 7-yard line, the veteran quarterback tried a highly unconventional hard count.
‘Get ready, get set, hut one, hut two, hut three,’ Winston boldly yelled during the fourth quarter. ‘Who let the dogs out? Who, who, who?’
The Commanders refused to bite, forcing New York to punt in a game they ultimately lost, prompting backlash from Whitner during an appearance on ESPN’s ‘Get Up.’
‘I’d cut Jameis Winston this morning,’ Whitner, who played 11 years in the NFL as a defensive safety, declared while absolutely ripping into the veteran signal-caller.
New York Giants QB Jameis Winston sparked fury with his bizarre snap count on Thursday
Former NFL star Donte Whitner has called on the Giants to cut Winston in light of his antics
‘It was so unrealistic. You have 10 other guys out there and guys on defense that are busting their butt every week, and it’s very hard and difficult to win a game in the National Football League,’ he said.
The disgruntled analyst continued: ‘So, when you get up there – first and foremost, whoever says hut 1, hut 2, hut 3? That’s 1950s football!’
‘And then when you go into ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’? Are you serious? He’s clearly just trying to go viral on social media while they’re trying to win a football game. He’d get his pink slip this morning.’
Despite the intense media criticism, Giants head coach John Harbaugh publicly defended his quarterback’s eccentric attitude when asked about the viral stunt.
‘No, it doesn’t [bother me],’ Harbaugh insisted to reporters on Friday. ‘Because it’s not about what you say exactly. That you say ‘hut, hut’ or whatever it is.’
‘If you go back and look at the other cadences, it’s kind of a drawn out, different kind of cadence. If you go back and you listen to what Jameis has said throughout the course of the season, you will hear those cadences. So, it sounds a little bit like that.’
Harbaugh concluded: ‘And that ‘Who Let the Dogs Out?’ thing, well it was, I think, probably, fun, on his part, so to speak. The way the cadence sounds, it was an attempt to still draw them offsides.’
