Winston: 'I'm the best player in the draft'

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- When asked why the Tampa Bay Buccaneers should make him the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, Jameis Winston didn't hesitate.


"Because I'm the best player in the draft," Winston said.


That comment came after Winston's pro day workout in front of a large group of NFL coaches, scouts and general managers at Florida State's indoor practice facility. Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin and the Saints' Sean Payton were among the coaches in attendance.


But Tomlin and Payton probably won't get the chance to draft Winston. Tampa Bay was well-represented at the workout with coach Lovie Smith, general manager Jason Licht, offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter and quarterbacks coach Mike Bajakian among those in attendance.
They got a more extensive look at Winston than at most pro days. Winston threw 102 passes, completing all but 10 of them. Most pro days feature quarterbacks making 50 or 60 throws.


"He had a great day," Licht said. "He threw a full nine innings."


Winston, who was the only quarterback involved in the workout, said the extra throws were to allow all his receivers to show what they can do.


"I just want to compete," Winston said. "My job as a quarterback is to throw."


Winston took snaps under center and out of the shotgun formation and threw short, medium and long passes equally well. But the most unusual and impressive thing he did was just before his workout. Winston gathered all his receivers together and introduced them to the coaches, scouts and general managers.


Did Winston make a good impression?


"I know I did," Winston said.


There had been some speculative reports that Winston gained weight and was out of shape after last season ended. But Licht said Winston weighed in at 231 pounds, the same weight he was at the scouting combine.


"I think that puts a little bit of water on that, maybe puts that fire out," Licht said. "He showed his arm strength from Throw 1 to Throw 100 or whatever it was."


But the Bucs aren't ready to firmly say that Winston will be their pick. There still is work to do. The Bucs still will hold private workouts with Winston and Oregon's Marcus Mariota, Licht said.


"It's just part of the process," Licht said. "We're going to use every minute of time that we have here in the next few weeks to make a decision."


The Bucs aren't the only ones facing a big decision. Although it has been reported that Winston likely will not attend the draft in Chicago, he said he hasn't made a final decision. Winston said family reasons may be why he goes home to Alabama to watch the draft.


"My grandmother, she can't travel, she has Type 2 diabetes and has multiple surgeries and I want her to be there," Winston told NFL Network. "I want the people who I've been with Day 1 to be around me and enjoy this moment. It's a celebration to me and it's a once in a lifetime opportunity.


"We really haven't made that decision yet. There's been a lot of pressure on people trying to get me to come and make the draft."
 

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Interesting.

I think Mariota has a better NFL career though.
 
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This one will be fun. An all time great. Better than the Russull kid. He has it all. Stupidity, height, no self awareness, bad judgement. It will be a good time. I especially love the stupid ones.
 

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This one will be fun. An all time great. Better than the Russull kid. He has it all. Stupidity, height, no self awareness, bad judgement. It will be a good time. I especially love the stupid ones.

Vlad, the kid is a dipshit. I'm thinking FSU is glad to get rid of him.
 

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Best qb since Luck to come out. Twice the prospect than Mariota. Pretty easy call for the Bucs.
 

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Let's be fair & look at this realistically.

You can count on 1 hand the African-American NFL QB's who could even be remotely be mentioned in the same breath as so many great Caucasian NFL QB's, the same exact way you can count on 1 hand Caucasian Running Backs compared to all of the great African-American RB's in NFL History.

Hopefully everyone gets my point above, meaning as much as we like to avoid the subject, certain ethnicities have more success in some areas of sports as others do.

I've heard a lot of people raving about Jameis Winston.

But, if you do the math, what are his odds of actually being successful in the NFL?

Again, through the decades, including the last 10-15 years where we've heard talk of more African-American QB's, there STILL has been little success, again, just like there has been little & rare success with Caucasian RB's.

So, who does Jameis Winston even shoot for being as good as??

There's only a few worth mentioning.

Warren Moon, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb, Randall Cunninham, Doug Williams.

So those few vs all that have failed, the odds say that Winston will fail...
 

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As a Bucs fan I am probably looking at several more years of suffering...

You can be like some other people and just say you're not a fan anymore. If they get better, just go back to being a fan.

There's plenty of room in Patriot Nation for another fan.....
 

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You can be like some other people and just say you're not a fan anymore. If they get better, just go back to being a fan.

There's plenty of room in Patriot Nation for another fan.....


Good point ha.


NFC guy but definitely rooted for the Pats
 

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There's only one nation, and that's Raider Nation. Everybody else just stole it.

What's Winston going to say, I'm not the best, but I'm not bad? Time will tell, but the odds are against him.
 

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not only a model citizen but very humble young man too
 

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There's only one nation, and that's Raider Nation. Everybody else just stole it.

What's Winston going to say, I'm not the best, but I'm not bad? Time will tell, but the odds are against him.

C'mon, next thing you're going to tell me is that there is only one 12th Man.
 

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C'mon, next thing you're going to tell me is that there is only one 12th Man.


Yep, Texas A&M started using it in 1922. How old is the Seahawk's organization?

But then you already knew that. :toast:
 

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