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Winston's work ethic impressing in OTA's

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The only problem the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had with Jameis Winston so far is that the rookie quarterback doesn't know when to go home.

"We have to kind of tell him when to leave,'' coach Lovie Smith said Thursday.Winston wasn't at Thursday's organized team activity because he is attending the NFL Players Association's Rookie Premiere event in Los Angeles. But the No. 1 overall draft pick already has done his work for the week.

Smith said Winston took double the amount of reps he usually would in Wednesday's session to make up for Thursday. Winston turned in his best day of practice so far, Smith said.

"For him, there's been a lot of individual work, but having a chance this week to go against our best defense and things like that [has been good],'' Smith said. "We have a long ways to go. But we like where he is right now.''

Teammates have talked about how Winston rarely is seen without his playbook.

"He gets better every day,'' tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins said. "He's picking up the offense very fast.''

Smith also said he's seen daily progress from Winston.

"I've seen marked improvement, like it should be,'' Smith said. "He's showing more and more comfort in the pocket. There's a lot you ask a rookie to do, but Jameis is picking it all up, just like we thought he would. Right on schedule.''

Thursday's practice was the only one Winston will miss, and he will return to the team next week. Smith said the Bucs haven't held back with Winston.

"He didn't have his training wheels on or anything like that,'' Smith said. "We're kind of throwing him out there and he's handling just about everything we've asked him to do.''

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It isn't Winston's football ability that is the red flag.

​I was gonna say the same thing.  His football IQ and ability to make every throw is incredible.  Like I said before, it'd be like having Greg Hardy as a QB, when he's on the field, he has the ability to be a true gamechanger, but it's what he does off the field that will ruin him.

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​Are you sure?  Because 18 int's in college last year screams red flag to me.  

​Not really, he lost a ton of playmakers on offense and was forced to single handedly keep them in the games a lot of times last year (how many times did they come from behind to win).  Again, I'm not worried about him making a throw, I'm worried about him doing something completely idiotic and getting suspended for 12 games.

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His off the field stuff is so overblown. He will be fine.

Most of it. Lying to cops in a sexual assault investigation though......that one is concerning. Coupled with the fact that some people just don't learn their lessons. His pattern shows that he might be one of those types. For the most part though, I agree, most of it is dumb kids stuff that he will grow out of.
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