Inizia domani il primo mini-camp dei rookie

Inizia domani e si concluderà domenica il primo mini-camp dei rookie (sia quelli scelti al recente draft che gli "undrafted" oltre ad alcuni 'tryout players' appositamente chiamati in prova per l'occasione) dei Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Sarà quindi presente a One Buc Place anche la fist pick overall del draft, il QB Jameis Winston, dalle cui dichiarazioni presenti sul sito ufficiale emerge come l'ex QB di FSU sia già ben calato nel ruolo di leader di quei giocatori che da domani inizieranno la loro avventura nel mondo dei PRO.

"One thing about being a good leader is you have to have good followers too," Winston said after being drafted. "I look forward to just getting involved in everything and just serving everyone I can.”

A proposito di Jameis Winston, l'ex Head Coach di Tampa Bay Tony Dungy ha dato infine la sua "benedizione" alla decisione dei Bucs di draftare l'ex QB di Florida State con la pick n.1, sebbene egli fosse un forte sostenitore di Marcus Mariota, come emerge dalle seguenti dichiarazioni tratte dal Tampa Bay Times.

"I talked to Lovie (Smith) way back a couple of months ago - Dungy said - and I know they were going to research those two guys,'' Dungy said. "And I told them about Marcus and the experience I had with him and they looked at everything and were very thorough and got the guy they felt was the best for their offense and their attack. I feel good about it because I know how much they researched. I’m a Mariota guy because I saw him up close for three years and I saw what he did in that program and I know him personally. He’s the kind of kind of guy I would bet on. I was selfishly hoping it would be Marcus but I think Jameis is going to do well and I’ve talked to Marcus. I  know he’s excited about going to Tennessee.''

Sempre a proposito di Jameis, si è detto molto contento che i Bucs abbiano scelto lui anziché Mariota uno dei giocatori più interessanti dei Bucs, e cioè il WR Mike Evans.

Leggendo le parole di Evans tratte dal Tampa Tribune, è evidente l'apprezzamento di Evans per il gioco di Winston, un QB che - a differenza di Mariota - è un vero pocket passer e non ama così tanto correre come invece il suo "rivale" draftato dai Titans. Così Mike Evans:

"Out of him and Mariota, I like Winston more," Evans said Tuesday when asked if he had a preference regarding the quarterback the Bucs planned to take with the first overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft. "(Winston) doesn’t run as much. He can sit in the pocket and deliver the ball, and that’s more opportunities for the receivers. I mean, Mariota can play ball as well. But I did my time with a mobile quarterback. And it was fun. It got me more opportunities for balls with the scramble rules and stuff like that. But in this league, it’s tough to scramble. So I think Jameis will be fine."