Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) looks to pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Scott Audette)
Marcus Mariota made it look easy, throwing four touchdown passes and outplaying No. 1 overall draft pick Jameis Winston to lead the Tennessee Titans to a 42-14 season-opening victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
The highly anticipated debut for the rookie quarterbacks was one-s
The Jameis Winston era is about to begin this fall in Tampa Bay, and Winston seems to have made a positive first impression on his new teammates. During an appearance on Sirius XM radio, veteran receiver Louis Murphy lauded Winston’s competitive spirit and compared him to Eagles backup Tim Tebow.
“He competes. He doesn’t like losing. He wants to win and that’s a guy I want to play with. He’s young, kind of similar to Tim Tebow in a way, he just wants to win. He’ll do anything it takes to wi
Florida State QB Jameis Winston addresses reporters at the combine Friday.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are counting on Jameis Winston to help them become relevant again.
The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback was selected with the first overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night, instantly becoming the face of a franchise that missed the playoffs the past seven seasons and hasn’t won a postseason game since the club’s Super Bowl run in 2002.
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Jameis Winston raised one more red flag Thursday for NFL personnel executives to consider after his third-quarter meltdown and heated sideline exchange with Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher while the Seminoles were being routed 59-20 by Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
Might Winston be the 2015 NFL draft’s Johnny Manziel, another former Heisman Trophy winner free falling from the top of the first round to the bottom of it?
“I don’t think it’s good. But sometimes in the hea
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College football is finally done with Jameis Winston.
The previously untouchable and extremely controversial Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback saved his worst mistakes for his first college loss in what is likely his last college game.
Unless Winston somehow decides to return to Florida State for his junior year, his career — stellar on the field, infamous and even criminal off it — has ended in ignominy, with a humiliating 59-20 loss to Oregon in the Ros
