There are lots of people who think picking Jameis
Winston as the number one draft pick for the Tampa Bay Bucs is a big
mistake. You can Google Winston and get
a host of responses regarding his NFL draft status.
What strikes me when I see Lovie Smith talking
about Winston, it seems that there is a look in his eye that would indicate
he’s as much interested in rehabbing the football star as he is in getting an
accomplished quarterback.
The fact of the matter is Lovie has enough
problems with the Bucs without taking on a major disruption like Jameis
Winston. If the Bucs were a cohesive
football team, if they were a winning football team, if they had strong
leadership in the locker room; Lovie could get some help dealing with Winston
but for now he’ll be pretty much on his own.
Tony Dungy could have probably accomplished bringing
Winston to reality, but Tony had a cohesive team that understood the human side
of football.
It just seems to me that the risk of adding
Winston to the team with all of the hype, the media coverage and the disruption
that he will bring to the team far exceeds his value a quarterback. Add to that
the personal distraction Winston will likely be for Lovie, the rest of the
staff and the players.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers
would be better served passing on Winston and let one of the other more stable
teams in the league do the rehab work. The Bucs could very well get a shot a
Winston on a second or third bounce, given the high probability of his bouncing
around the league for a few years.
I noted with interest Jameis is in the process of
trademarking his catch phrase “Famous Jameis”. That alone should be enough to
tell Lovie and the Bucs’ management that Winston is all out for himself, and
that kind of attitude will not produce the on the field leader the Bucs so
desperately need.
For now the Bucs and Buc fans will be better off
watching Famous Jameis on the sports talk shows, while enjoying an improving
team on the field.
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