Report: Buccaneers leaning toward Marcus Mariota with No. 1 pick

[nctarheel0619]

First things first: The 2015 NFL Draft is 76 days away. A lot will change in that time, starting with next weekend's combine. After that, there will be pro days and individual workouts, all in an effort to determine when and if a player should be drafted.

The Buccaneers have the No. 1 pick, and by releasing Josh McCown this week, they made it clear that they will be in the market for a quarterback (CBSSports.com's Will Brinson wrote about just that Thursday.) The top two candidates are Oregon's Marcus Mariota and Florida State's Jameis Winston. And according to BleacherReport.com's Jason Cole, Mariota is the early favorite to end up in Tampa.

"According to the sources I have talked to, at this point in time, the Bucs are leaning towards taking Marcus Mariota because they believe he is the safer option," Cole said Friday, adding one pretty important caveat.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25068126/report-buccaneers-leaning-towards-marcus-mariota-with-no-1-pick?utm_source=dlvr.it

 

 

[KillaCamNewton]

Go ahead. Honestly think Jameis is more tooled for the NFL than Mariota is

[WOW!!]

Good it will be a few years before he gets good..

[Nate Dogg]

[MichaelNewtonII]

I hope so. I think jameis would be harder to have to face twice a year. Please take mariota

[Ricky Spanish]

Don't care about either QB. Either one will end up sucking because no QB has ever signed a second contract with the Bucs after being drafted by them...

 

 

[AU-panther]

This time of year it is probably best not to believe anything you hear about what teams expect to do in the draft.

[KJ89]

They'll both suck. Especially in Tampa. Pick either of them.

[TheSpecial1]

Great

[jasonluckydog]

smokescreen

[CPcavedweller]

If Mariota is taken first, I could see a slippery slope for Winston. Teams drafting later in the first will not be in need of a quarterback. In all honesty, if I were the Bills or another QB needy team, I would bank on waiting to take Winston in the second. While they say he is the most "pro-ready" QB to go, the last time we heard that Jimmy Clausen became our quarterback. His decision making is slow and he is prone to making poor reads. That in itself says to me he is going to have to adjust to the speed of the game which likely means a lot of losses if he is thrown out there his first season.

 

Hold off, draft an impact player on the defensive line, and hope he falls to at least the cut off line for the playoff teams.

[h0llywood]

Whoever they choose, when was the last time a team had the opportunity to choose between 2 Heisman trophy winning QB's?

[Jeremy Igo]

Mariotta is a huge mistake.

Hope they get him.

[Jesse]

The thing is I like Mariota. He's a humble and pretty likeable guy so I wouldn't want to see him on a rival's team. Winston is much easier to boo.