Jason Licht: Open Checkbook For Investigation
February 20th, 2015
To what lengths will the Buccaneers go to investigate Jameis Winston or any other draft prospect?
Bucs general manager Jason Licht answered that question, in part, on SiriuxXM NFL Radio this week.
During a sitdown with hosts Bruce Murray and Rich Gannon at the NFL Scouting Combine, Licht got chatted about seeing through prospects whose answers to interview questions are well rehearsed.
“It’s really tough. You have to be a psychologist, I think. It’s like solving of a riddle,” Licht said. “You can kind of tell when a guy is being genuine. You like to think you can. But every player is a risk. There’s always a risk involved.”
Murray pressed Licht and asked whether that means a team needs to hire a shrink or a behavioral team to evaluate interviews. Licht said Team Glazer has authorized funds to get the job done.
“I’ll tell you, our owners having given me and us a lot of resources to put together anything we need to get these picks right,” Licht said.
Joe’s not surprised Team Glazer has hundreds of millions of dollar riding on the No. 1 overall pick. If the Bucs pick a guy who turns into true franchise quarterback, then that could mean a sustainable revenue increase for a decade or more. The wrong pick? Well, that would mean a new GM and head coach.
February 20th, 2015 at 3:58 pm
“I got to do dat” – Jamies Winston
Great grammar. Listening to this guy speak is painful. To think that he is partially college educated.
February 20th, 2015 at 4:02 pm
This report should make the Winston supporters, apologists, defenders, groupies, and worshippers go “OOOHHHH NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
February 20th, 2015 at 4:02 pm
ya listen to him cocky all about him! im gunna be face of someones franchise its gunna be payton vs Winston and so on what a bozo!!!
February 20th, 2015 at 4:04 pm
@PIRATEMARCUS- I know wtf!
February 20th, 2015 at 4:06 pm
Joe… we demand DIRECT quotes!!! Do not fix his grammatical errors.
February 20th, 2015 at 4:07 pm
Joe: “Glazer has hundreds of millions of dollar riding on the No. 1 overall pick”.
Glazers Hundreds of Millions of dollars VS Winstons Red Flags! Do I really need to go on? Explain anything else? So are we all in agreement to erase Winston’s name from the draft board? Great, now let’s move on.
February 20th, 2015 at 4:09 pm
@ pirate…lol, we are talking about flu
February 20th, 2015 at 4:09 pm
Saw the Winston presser…..he did surprisingly well….and I have a Mariota bias. He was genuine and gave very honest….”down-home” type answers….no major gaffs…..looked somewhat comfortable….infectuous smile….
Aside from his obvious struggle with public speaking….all was good.
But…..talk is cheap….it will still depend on the trust factor.
February 20th, 2015 at 4:10 pm
F.s.u…..damn you auto correct, my worst enema
February 20th, 2015 at 4:10 pm
as it states Winston…had Winston decided to go back to college instead of the draft he was on pace to graduate as a 4th year senior next year and is All-ACC Academic Honor Roll (2012-13, 2013-14) so partially educated or not he’s probably smarter than you. regardless of how good or bad a quarterback plays your more than likely not going to find a dumb quarterback getting drafted. how did jamarcus Russell do in draft interviews and drawing up plays if he went that high in a draft. work ethic, heart and drive was his issue not his smarts…..dumb people don’t make millions even con artists
February 20th, 2015 at 4:10 pm
Hooked On Ebonics!!!
February 20th, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Lol grammar… really? Smh
February 20th, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Bucs, my goodness, draft Mariota and not this walking red flag
February 20th, 2015 at 4:17 pm
Let sister Glazer interview him.
February 20th, 2015 at 4:17 pm
Yikes….sensing a lot of not thinly veiled racism in these comments….
I’m not a Winston fanboy, but just because da kid talk like dis dont mean he aint an aight person who can win some of dem football games nahmean
February 20th, 2015 at 4:19 pm
Ya’lls is funny. I don’t care if he can conjugate a verb (though we knows that he cans), can he read a defense, can he get the offense to right play and make the right reads, can he deliver the ball on time, can he lead a team to victory…..I thinks ya’lls knows the answer to that
February 20th, 2015 at 4:20 pm
I continue to be amazed at the small, arrogant a..holes who can think of nothing better than to take advantage of a guy’s speech pattern which is a product of background and what he was exposed to. Anyone with any true intelligence knows this and that Winston’s speech patterns are no reflection of IQ, academics, etc. Keep on making yourself look and sound ridiculous! Crawl back under your rock.
February 20th, 2015 at 4:23 pm
JW about that action Boss!!
You guys sound like ignorant biggots. Anyone of you could go north of the mason dick-sin line and get laugh out of town with your “fix’in to” and “y’all” yet you got the nerve to critique others. Pathetic.
Man I’m just glad you guys were not smart enough to win the civil war. #deepintheheartofdixie
February 20th, 2015 at 4:26 pm
ya he also cans throws dem INTs pitty gud toooo
February 20th, 2015 at 4:27 pm
I’ve said this for years colleges should offer speach classes for these guys. Don’t mean it as a dig
February 20th, 2015 at 4:28 pm
YA’LL KNOW DIS DA SOUTH AND HE A SUTHERN BOY…..PETTY HATERS
February 20th, 2015 at 4:29 pm
Yea – pretty pathetic to make fun of the way a guy talks and act like he’s a dummy. This kid ain’t no dummy. He’s very smart and his football intelligence is off the charts.
February 20th, 2015 at 4:32 pm
where are the people who state racism isn’t at jbf?
February 20th, 2015 at 4:36 pm
By the way, I am in no way slandering Jameis or his speech, that was for the few, the proud and the ignorant who judges a man’s intelligence by his 20year old speech pattern
February 20th, 2015 at 4:41 pm
Just stating the guy has horrible speech does not mean the comment is racist. The individuals that made that immediate connection should really do some soul searching.
I am pretty sure the point is, you do not see faces of companies use poor grammar in a public press conferences. Especially one that he had plenty of time to prepare for. Does it mean he is a bad football player, no. Does it mean it is embarrassing to make this guy the “face of the franchise”…hell yes.
I look forward to seeing him throw 20 INTs this upcoming season. Just hope it is not for the Bucs.
February 20th, 2015 at 4:44 pm
The Bucs can analyze all they want. In the end it’s still just a leap of faith with whoever they pick.
February 20th, 2015 at 4:46 pm
IF>>>> he is drafted No#1, that means you are going to the worst team in the league last year. With the problem of the offensive line……..stating he is going to the SB…….. DREAM ON.
Let’s get real.
But give credit to the agent on coaching him how to answer.
February 20th, 2015 at 5:32 pm
soul searching should be done, but racists are soulless. this is football we are talking about, nothing more, nothing less. you are embarrassing yourself defending these implied, prejudiced slights.
February 20th, 2015 at 5:35 pm
And he turned down Stanford or did Stanford turn him down.
February 20th, 2015 at 5:57 pm
I knew most of you were racist , but you guys worship a league that is probably 85% black..
February 20th, 2015 at 6:52 pm
Pirate Marcus Says:
February 20th, 2015 at 3:58 pm
“I got to do dat” – Jamies Winston
Great grammar. Listening to this guy speak is painful. To think that he is partially college educated.
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The chances are excellent that he has more education than 75% of the posters on this site. Spoken grammar is meaningless in assessing intelligence…and I taught English for 13 years.
February 21st, 2015 at 1:08 am
mikey. Go away. You’re making an ass out of yourself. You’re not funny, just a redneck a-hole and so are those that suck your little pee pee with their 2nd grade humor.
February 21st, 2015 at 3:12 am
Will everyone please stop giving Jameis all these academic props!!! They let the kid get away with rape on campus theres a good chance they’ll give him somewhat decent grades
February 21st, 2015 at 3:37 am
another slanderous character assassination.
February 21st, 2015 at 7:54 am
Now if this kid actually makes us relevant again, will guys continue to bash because you don’t like him as a person or will y’all all of a sudden love him? Three out of the last four years we’ve had to deal with double digit loses.
17-47 record the last four years.
Instead of criticizing a guy and acting like he’s the worse human on the planet, focus on Jason and Lovie and pray they pick the right/best players this year, because last year they did a terrible job of that!
I don’t give a damn how Jameis sounds when he talks. Can he play football? Any team that takes him or any player in the draft is taking a risk!
Who was the last franchise QB for the Bucs? LOL!
February 21st, 2015 at 10:34 am
@Tdizzle
Of course ima love him! Ima love whoever we pick #1. Whether it JW or MM, as soon as they hold up that #1 bucs jersey, I’m in love. I just like breaking the kids balls, I mean he is the #1 nfl prospect, so if he gets to become rich and famous playing football then I got me my god given right as a merican to give the kid some crap
February 21st, 2015 at 10:19 pm
I think Joe should make a list of the top 10 haters of Jameis and post it for all of us to see. That way, we can all shove crow down their throats when he elevates us back toward the top of the NFL!! All of you haters, I’m sure LOVE Russell Wilson, as do I, but he threw several picks in the NFC Championship Game and one that lost the Super Bowl. QBs throw picks. I’ll take the numerous comebacks from an unrattled badass who didn’t rape the gold digger!! To take “System Project” Mariotta over Winston would actually be typical of our sad franchise’s history. then, we can all watch Jameis win the Super Bowl for someone else while Mariotta takes five years to develop.
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:40 am
Damn just about everyone in this comment section is delusional in their worship of Mariota. Everyother comment is an uninformed attack on Jameis that just make no sense. I figured after this combine that Winston absolutely nailed it would end, but god damn you people are dumb. All these “red-flags” you idiots won’t shut up about are literally nothing. He didn’t rape anyone read the damn police report, I know its long and you’re dumb but please do, and you’ll find all the evidence supporting Winstons side of the story. Dude got a blowjob from a gold digger who doesn’t know when to quit and thats it. And quit trying to call him dumb because I guarentee he is smarter than you. Just because he has a southern accent doesn’t make him an idiot. How else would you expect a black kid from Alabama to speak? But he carried a 4.0 GPA through Highschool, took honor classes and was accepted to Stanford. And if you think its just because of football you’re wrong, Stanford atheletes still have high academic requirements to get in. Maybe when his Wonderlic score comes out you’ll see how smart he really is. But I shouldn’t get my hopes up for you guys to face reality. I’m sure I’ll see comments on here about how Winston probably cheated on it somehow. Im done ranting now and Joe I’m sorry so many of your readers have chromosomal issues. Hopefully they’ll quit hating when we start winning with him.