After becoming NFL’s highest-paid DB, Buccaneers’ Antoine Winfield Jr. vows ‘to be better than I was before’

Earlier this offseason, Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. signed a new contract that made him the highest-paid defensive back in the NFL. The four-year deal is worth $84.1 million and contains $45 million fully guaranteed. 

After a four-year stretch during which he finished in the top six of Defensive Player of the Year voting twice, made a Pro Bowl and was named a First Team All-Pro, Winfield doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon.

“I’m the type of person [that] I’m never satisfied,” Winfield said, via PewterReport.com. “My goal every season is to [be] better than I was the previous season. Like Coach [Nick] Rapone always says, ‘To much is given, much is expected.’ I know that coming in. I’m going to be better than I was before. I’m going to train harder than I was before.

“Something that is also big for me is just learning something new every single day because there is so much to learn in this sport and so many ways that I can improve my game. I’m just excited to be given the opportunity here in Tampa. I’ve still got that fire in me, and I don’t see it…

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Author : Jared Dubin

Publish date : 2024-05-23 15:08:24

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