Charismatic Jameis Winston Erasing Doubts in NFL Combine Interviews

February 21, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

INDIANAPOLIS — Before the 40s and the jumping and the throwing, Jameis Winston went through interviews with a number of teams. The results were, well, allow me to let one team's personnel man who was in the room with Winston explain.
"I think he's probably the smartest player I've ever interviewed," he told me.
Ever?
"Ever," he responded. "Football IQ as good as I've ever seen."
Now, keep in mind, Johnny Manziel did well in interviews last year as well. He's a train wreck who fooled almost everyone, especially the Cleveland Browns.
But I'm told by three different sources who interviewed Winston, including someone who was part of the Manziel interview process last year, that Winston is no Manziel.
In fact, Manziel's name has come up here often as teams felt Manziel conned them. They went into interviews with Winston armed with a great deal of skepticism, but Winston, from what I'm told, has beaten down that cynicism. At least for now.
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