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The opening scene of Hard Knocks featuring the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on HBO brought us not to the sunny shores of Florida's Gulf Coast, but rather a gritty, humble neighborhood in Bessemer, Alabama, the hometown of Bucs QB Jameis Winston. The cameras shadow Winston as he gives a tour of his grandmother's home, a home he says was more like a "community center" for the number of people that lived there. Winston gives a tour of his room and he shows the exact tiny bed he shared with three other people.  He showed us around the "men's bathroom" a small ditch on the side of the house where men "go" when the inside bathroom is occupied. Jameis even stomps on a roach with one of his pristine Jordan XI kicks and then declares "This cockroach havin' a baby! This cockroach havin' a baby, for real! Or they mating. It's one of 'em." It's an intimate and eye-opening look at the humble beginnings at one of the NFL's bri...