Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota are considered to be the two best quarterback prospects available in the draft, and nearly everyone agrees that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers should draft one of them with the first overall pick.
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Increasingly, it looks like the Buccaneers are going to go that route, and they also appear to have a growing interest in Jameis Winston, despite his off-the-field concerns. According to NFL.com, the Buccaneers have contacted Jimbo Fisher and other members of the FSU coaching staff about Winston.
Winston looked great throwing the ball at the NFL Combine, although his physical performance in the 40-yard dash and other drills left a sour taste in the mouths of some. Still, many draft experts rate him as the best quarterback prospect in years other than Andrew Luck.
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When asked about Winston's character, Fisher indicated that he thinks Jameis's issues were the result of immaturity.
"Jameis' problem, if you really research and really get down to the nuts and bolts of what actually went wrong -- with him standing on the table and the crab leg incident -- when you walk out of a place with a deputy sheriff beside you, it was not intent," Fisher said. "It was a mental lapse. What Jameis does, which is very unique and a lot of people follow him -- he was just being a normal student.
"He was trying to do what the other kids around him were [doing], and it was very immature. It was an immature thing to do, not an intentional thing to do with malice. He sees himself with everybody. He doesn't put himself above everybody; that's why, I think, people flock to him, and his leadership is such a big deal.
"Because he is a genuine, honest people person, and he gets caught up. I think he understood that. It was a moment of him being 19 years old and making a critical mistake. But I think those mistakes are very easily corrected. Character issues are different, and I don't think he has those."
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