We’ve already seen the Bills and Dolphins recruit Collins, but in comes an unlikely candidate and recruiter: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and #1 overall draft pick Jameis Winston.

Who's recruiting La'el Collins most aggressively? #Bucs QB Jameis Winston is right up there. Pushing hard for Collins to come to Tampa Bay.

— Rand Getlin (@Rand_Getlin) May 5, 2015

Remember The Buccaneers drafted Donovan Smith in round two, so Collins would be a wonderful addition to the right side. The Bucs are taking no shortcuts in building a team around Winston.

According to several reports, Jameis explained to NFL teams that he did not actually steal the bucket of crab legs he was accused of. The actual story is that an employee at the Seafood counter told Jameis he was going to hook up the former Florida State QB with free food any time they crossed paths.

This actually happens way more often than you think. It’s just that unfortunately for Jameis someone snitched on him and the employee.

It doesn’t matter because he’ll be rich in two weeks and able to buy all the seafood he wants.

George Whitfield, revealed at the Florida State pro day this week that his top pupil was shadowed on his flight to the NFL Scouting Combine by one or more clubs who wanted to observe him without alerting him to their attention

Team scouts have made it public knowledge that they will interview childhood friends, classmates, school teachers, professors, former employers, trainers, etc. Pretty much anyone that has ever come into contact with a top NFL Draft prospect is fair game in the process.

Do you think hiring a private eye is a bit too far? Or is all fair in love and the NFL? I mean, there technically isn’t any expectation of privacy when you are in public but what information can teams really gather? These kids are smart enough to know that they are interviewing for million dollar jobs and that anything they do negatively will affect those millions.

All in all, hiring a private eye to trail Jameis Winston is likely a waste of time. The Bucs likely learned useless information such as what Jameis likes on his Chipotle bowl and what mixtapes he has in heavy rotation right now.

Although, previously, Todd McShay of ESPN, has pointed Mariota as the top pick during his mock draft in December for the upcoming NFL battle for this year, rumors have been confirmed that it will be Winston instead for this coming season.

This has not been the paths for the two professional players; just recently, Jameis Winston has dramatically fallen down on his feet as he was suspended for one game as punishment for an uncontrolled scenario when he shouted out obscenity on campus. Almost everything did not go in favor of Marcus Mariota, on the other hand, as scouts were disappointed about his performance during college football championship game.

After grabbing his attention with his recent actions, Winston is apparently making some changes about his off-field concerns, which is evidently acknowledged by the scouts through his budding chance to play as the number 1 pick for the NFL 2015 Draft.

Mel Kiper Jr. of ESPN, Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com, Charlie Campbell of WaterFootball.com and Peter Schrager of FoxSports.com have, all together, realized Winston’s promising performance in the field if his personal issues as well as battles were to be set aside.

Kiper even said that Winston is the most advanced on-field quarterback in the draft but until he realizes this fact and try to deal with his off-field matters, he may, somehow blow the opportunity to convince the teams that he can actually be the franchise leader.

Furthermore, Winston’s as well as Mariota’s performance were even paralleled citing that the former is a better prospect if given the chance to prove himself. Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com stressed out further that having ideal size, arm, touch and strength, Winston is, undoubtedly, ready to play on Day 1 of the most-awaited NFL Season this year.

However, looking into Mariota’s place, experts felt that he has gone so far down as he may be the second pick for the Tennessee Titans or he may fall at no. 6 for the New York Jets. This is a brighter side for other interested teams such as the Philadelphia Eagles and Chip Kelly’s, former head coach of Mariota as they will be having a great chance to take the pick for his professional play in the field of football.

This is relatively a much easier as well as achievable move for Mariota as he can definitely wing for No. 4 or 5 as compared to swaying for the No. 1 pick.

As the NFL 2015 Draft nearly approaches, experts, fans, sports enthusiasts as well as the NFL teams are keeping their strands on the news for Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as with Mariota’s fate with his play in the field. With this interesting news, it is understandable how people are craving for updates every now and then.

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The guy is a winner. Even yours truly went cold on Winston for a while but game after game Winston (and Dalvin Cook) found a way to lead Florida State to yet another improbable win. Jameis showed a great deal of sportsmanship and leadership in how he handled the playoff loss at the hands of the Oregon Ducks as much of his Nole teammates hightailed it for the locker rooms. Just that image alone of Jameis respectfully congratulating Marcus Mariota and Oregon went a long way in repairing his image.

Jameis leaves FSU with a 66% completion rate, 65 touchdowns, and 28 interceptions. With no major passing issues other than addressing his tendency to throw picks in the middle of the field (something Cam Newton has never fixed) Jameis stands to be a top 3 pick in the upcoming 2015 Draft. It just remains to be seen if the Tennessee Titans will find Jameis worthy of the selection given his extra baggage.

Here is the question:

if you’re a GM and your team REALLY needs a long term solution at QB… who do you draft?

Now first and foremost, there isn’t an NFL team that is brave enough to give YA BOY a shot at general managing. It goes without saying that this is totally hypothetical.

The correct answer is that I wouldn’t pick ANY of them. There are too many questions with this class. Jameis Winston can’t stay away from the bul#### in his life. Love him on the field but I can’t give him the keys to the franchise.

Marcus Mariota comes from an offense that relies on simple pre-snap reads (hence why he struggled with Arizona who disguised coverages with a 3-3-5.) Colin Kaepernick also came from an offense that didn’t require him to make detailed post snap reads now he struggles at finding receivers as a pro.

Brett Hundley has inconsistent mechanics and that’s already lead “Mr. 6 Players Traded for Me” Robert Griffin III to the bench in his third season. The rest of the quarterbacks have red flags and are excellent at one thing or another but very inefficient at everything else. Connor Cook is staying in school as well which doesn’t help round out the class.

If I HAD to pick someone I’d guess you’d trade the farm and get Mariota. He has the elite dual-threat skill set that has taken over the league and zero character issues. I’d want to bring in a coach with him that knows how to use such players without asking them to make a quantum leap in their processing of the game. Mike Shanahan’s first year with RGIII and implementing the pistol in Washington is a great example of this concept.

Check out the other questions that were answered this week: here.

And as always, check out the latest mock drafts here and here.

Thanks for the question:

@MockDraftHQ if you're a GM and your team REALLY needs a long term solution at QB… who do you draft?

— Jabari Before Parker (@bariiisworld13) December 13, 2014

We will find out in approximately 10 days if Winston will continue to be enrolled as a student at Florida State. Conveniently this makes him continue to be eligible for Saturday’s ACC Championship.

(CNN) — Just days before the Florida State Seminoles play for the ACC football championship, star quarterback Jameis Winston is appearing before a panel that can decide whether he will continue as a student at the university.

It’s been almost two years since the Heisman Trophy winner was accused of sexually assaulting a then-FSU student. Winston was not arrested in connection with the alleged December 2012 incident, but he still could be charged by his university with a code-of-conduct violation for sexual misconduct, depending on the results of the school’s investigation.

He could face a wide range of sanctions if he is found to have violated the student conduct code: from a reprimand or counseling to probation, suspension or expulsion.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/02/us/jameis-winston-fsu-hearing/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Will Jameis get kicked out of school or will the Teflon Don continue to make us scratch our heads as he slides by another controversy? Find out all those answers and more on the next episode…

Video of Jameis Winston Pushing a Referee Below:

This is kind of hard to believe considering the young man has been in so much hot water in the last few months.

First thing is first, Jameis played horrible the first half at Louisville. We all know that. He also may have been injured during the first half as well. To say he was intentionally point shaving is beyond stupid.

Why? Simply consider the source.

TMZ and a gossip sports blog that shall not be linked here. According to these “sources” Jameis’ buddy had a $5,000 bet on Louisville +1 at the end of the first half. Even if that is true let me ask YOU… WOULD YOU RISK A FUTURE CAREER WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A CUT OF A $5,000 PAYOUT TODAY?

I don’t think we have to answer that.