If Mariota is taken I can get behind taking Winston depending on his interviews. Mariota is the better prospect in my eyes though.
arrested in 2008 drafted in 2011 he kept his nose clean after the arrest. went to juco and than to have success in auburn. it's ok to have a transgression but when you do you have to be able to get past it quietly. which cam did. winston hasn't done that.
I'm not downgrading him. I think anyone dismissing everything surrounding him as bullshit is just a fanboy being naive. I think Mariota is a better player, slightly but better. If I have a choice I'm taking Mariota. I'll trade up for Mariota. If he's gone I'll take Winston. If it's a choice between Winston and Cooper I'm taking Winston. I'm just holding my breath. Fair? _
No one is dismissing "everything" as bullshit. He stole crab legs and yelled a dumb ass phrase. He has not been found guilty of rape, he has not been found guilty of selling his autograph, and he has not been found guilty of shaving points. So again we are back to what he actually did. Stole crab legs and yelled a perverted phrase in public. Give me a break
you really are missing the point. he has this stuff around him. other players who are going to be graded at the top of the draft do not. like it or not those things matter. i don't have a dog in this fight. from a football fan point of view, you just wish you weren't hearing his name in the news in the middle of the week.
I trust you understand the difference between being innocent and not being found guilty. OJ was not found guilty. 2 folks are dead by his hand. I get that you are an FSU fan but you'd come off better saying you don't give a shit about all the noise instead of naively saying he didn't do any of it. _
He made dumb decisions about the crab legs and the yelling, but these other things were brought into light because of that. It's very easy to beat a guy when he's already down. Yes, Winston is responsible because he brought this heat on himself but to base your opinion on things he was accused of is just ignorant. And if you feel his draft stock drops because of that, that's absurd. It's immaturity that can easily be repaired. I wouldn't blink an eye if I had the chance to take Winston. No way