Meril Hoge's Worship of Jameis Winston

[Gator Fever]

Winston is going into a situation where he has two huge, All-Pro WR's in Vincent Jackson and Mike Evans. He could do a hell of a lot worse. Those two guys are going to bail him out of a lot of bad throws, just like Kelvin Benjamin did.

Yep it was unreal how many times Benjamin bailed him out on 3rd downs that season. He would just throw it high in his area and Benjamin would catch it most of the time.

 

[ockgator]

But every once in awhile there will be an all pro corner and/or safety there to cover those receivers. All one of the division opponents needs to do is draft VHIII next year and in 2 games of the year half the field will be taken away.

 

[Scott512]

He'll be a turnover machine.

He was a turnover machine this past season in college wait until the NFL gets a look at him. Can't stand how arrogant and unapologetic he is about all the damage he did as FSU. He's going to a team with a bad offensive mind as head coach. I am not saying he will be Jamarcus Jr. but he will struggle early on in the NFL. Does he have the guts to fight out of it on the NFL level? I have my doubts.

 

[WobbleGator]

Winston is going into a situation where he has two huge, All-Pro WR's in Vincent Jackson and Mike Evans. He could do a hell of a lot worse. Those two guys are going to bail him out of a lot of bad throws, just like Kelvin Benjamin did.

That is why I was hoping the Titans would have drafted Rapeis instead of the Bucs.

 

[TLB]

TE NICK O'LEARY also saved JW's butt in a lot of games. I was going to point out how much of JW's inability was hidden behind a great TE, but Nick went in the 6th rd (194 overall to the Bills), so I don't know if Nick isn't that good (meaning JW was better), or if TEs just weren't drafted high in general.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

TE NICK O'LEARY also saved JW's butt in a lot of games. I was going to point out how much of JW's inability was hidden behind a great TE, but Nick went in the 6th rd (194 overall to the Bills), so I don't know if Nick isn't that good (meaning JW was better), or if TEs just weren't drafted high in general.

I thought he was a pretty productive and capable TE also, sure handed, nice routes. Kinda surprised he didn't go higher also. The scouting report doesn't like him athletically. https://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profil...ary?id=2552403

It's the usual for the NFL, forget productivity and look at how fast he runs the shuttle, runs the 40, and how much he benches.Then they get surprised when they learn that guys like Max Garcia are better than some combine freaks like DJ Hump. I think Bear Cummings is just the kind of two gapper who will stick in the NFL also despite lesser combine results.

Back to O'Leary, sometimes it's just the right mix. If he has two great WRs that demand double teams or deep drops by the safeties, then he can use his sure hands in way that he couldn't if the defense were not fearful of the WRs. He can't block so we would have sent him to our AAA farm team in Louisville if he had signed with us.

 

[GatorJ]

He can't block so we would have sent him to our AAA farm team in Louisville if he had signed with us.

Unfortunately a AAA farm team that we can't call guys up from.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Yeah, I know. We're doing it wrong.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Winston is going into a situation where he has two huge, All-Pro WR's in Vincent Jackson and Mike Evans. He could do a hell of a lot worse. Those two guys are going to bail him out of a lot of bad throws, just like Kelvin Benjamin did.

Jameis is also going to the city with the highest strip club density in the nation. That's also a match made in heaven...