Top 2015 NFL Draft prospect and likely first-overall selection quarterback Jameis Winston participated in the Florida State Pro Day Tuesday.
By most accounts Winston looked how many expected he'd look - he threw the ball really well, but struggled with accuracy and left talent evaluators feeling good, if not necessarily great, about his NFL future.
That in and of itself isn't necessarily troubling for teams like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans, slated to select at No. 1 and No. 2 overall in the first-round come April and the likeliest landing spots for Winston barring trade ups by other quarterback-needy franchises, though it probably would have been slightly more comforting had he knocked the workout out of the park.
What is most likely troubling for the Bucs, Titans and every other NFL team though is the constant and consistent maturity issues that reportedly still follow Winston.
Jason Cole of Bleacher Report revealed in a report Tuesday that NFL teams, and specifically the Buccaneers, are "scared" of the former FSU signal-caller from a personality standpoint.
"There are people who believe he acts like a 10-year-old, in the words of some people within the NFL confines," Cole said. "So, basically they question whether this guy is going to be able to handle the spotlight he is going to be under, especially if he is going to be the No. 1 overall selection by Tampa and they're not sure if he's going to have the type of judgment that goes along with being a quarterback and a face of a franchise."
Perhaps most troubling is Cole's revelation that there are even those within Winston's camp who believe the soon-to-be neophyte NFLer has a lot of growing up to do.
"Even people within Winston's camp, according to sources I've talked to there, understand there is a significant maturity issue and that is why Winston went and met with Roger Goodell and Troy Vincent and many other members of the NFL staff earlier this month in March."
Goodell and Vincent, per Cole, were "very stern" with Winston in reference to his behavior once he enters the league.
It has been widely assumed that the Bucs and head coach Lovie Smith and GM Jason Licht, boasting only Mike Glennon under center at the present, will make Winston the first pick of the 2015 NFL Draft.
It now seem that Winston's maturity issues could potentially change that expected outcome.
