Jameis In Full Overload Mode
July 1st, 2016
Too much?
Happy July!
Today’s shift to the new month means you can officially inhale and catch the distant smell of training camp.
Hell, there’s a Bucs preseason game in just 41 days Philadelphia. Joe absolutely can’t wait until that glorious kickoff, a true sniff of real football.
Most players do all kinds of relaxing this time of year while maintaining a solid level of fitness, though Joe suspects Evan Smith and Ali Marpet might be overeating just a bit. America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, is taking a different approach.
Early last week while speaking on WDAE-AM 620, Jameis said his goal was to serve at as many youth football camps as he can, coaching, counseling, mingling with a mindset of helping teammates, ex-teammates and children nationwide. Camps, camps, camps, Jameis said.
Jameis made those comments at his Land O’ Lakes youth camp, where it was reported that Jameis arrived very early and was nonstop in his work with children. Jameis also has been at a camp hosted by Kwon Alexander, Louis Murphy and multiple others. Yesterday, Jameis was the featured guest at his hometown library, before visiting a children’s hospital, and then hosting another camp today at Miles College in Alabama.
Next week, it’s off to Michigan for another youth camp.
During the radio interview, Jameis estimated he’d find one week for vacation. Maybe. He also said he expected to make another summer trip to Tallahassee with receivers/teammates for a hardcore throwing session.
Joe is proud of Jameis and loves his drive, but in the back of Joe’s mind lives a worry that Jameis is pushing too hard to have the perfect offseason. It’s noble, and he is just 22 years old, but the guy did take a pounding last year while taking on a mountain of new experiences as a rookie. An extended summer vacation couldn’t hurt, especially mentally.
July 1st, 2016 at 9:33 am
He’s like Harbaugh with all these camps!!
July 1st, 2016 at 9:46 am
He is just doing all the right things. He wants to be great and will stop at nothing to achieve it. yeah he needs a break mentally. But practicing too much is a great problem to have. If anything
July 1st, 2016 at 9:48 am
Meh…he lives and breathes it Joe.
July 1st, 2016 at 10:02 am
Isn’t a fun, easygoing camp a mental respite for an NFL QB?
July 1st, 2016 at 10:59 am
Youth camps are what he likes do with his free time. It’s not like he’s taking hits and learning 40 playbooks lol
July 1st, 2016 at 11:08 am
that is a vacation to Jameis, Joe. He loves those camps. It’s sort of like the pro-bowl, too, where he can bring in other pros, coaches, etc. and learn from them. I welcome that thought…
July 1st, 2016 at 11:10 am
(McCoy, trying to slow Jameis down) – “Just be the Buccs quarterback you can be!”
(Jamies) – “That’s not me, I am a leader!”
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lesson – don’t try and slow leaders down 🙂
July 1st, 2016 at 11:46 am
I agree Joe, I’d like to see him take a slight rest before camp too but you also have to remember all of the pre-draft visits, workouts, orientations, psychological screenings, etc that he had to go thru all off-season last year so this may actually be a walk in the park compared to that.
July 1st, 2016 at 12:13 pm
He was at the Hospital yesterday in Alabama and took a picture with the grandson of one of my Chess buddies. Jameis is really making the rounds making a lot of kids happy.
July 1st, 2016 at 12:13 pm
@joe
Don’t worry the kid is just wired differently it’s all he knows. He not only played but starred in 2 sports entire life. He doesn’t know what an offseason is
July 1st, 2016 at 12:34 pm
Sure glad we didn’t take Manziel 😉
July 1st, 2016 at 12:41 pm
Actually McCoy was at Jameis’s youth football camp and jameis will be his in
Oklahama.
July 1st, 2016 at 1:02 pm
He’s taking his breaks, he was at Monday night raw the other night so I know he’s taking a breather in between.
July 1st, 2016 at 1:02 pm
LOL – no kidding Love and Warrick.
Jameis MIGHT find a week off for the year – and by contrast – if Johnny Cabo actually works even 1 week this year it will be a miracle.
July 1st, 2016 at 2:35 pm
I take your point Joe but I think these youth camps are the very best thing that can happen for #3. Not just the great pub but what it does for him mentally.
He’s about a month away from becoming a “god”! He will be the center of the universe. He will become JW Superstar and treated by many like he’s JC Superstar.
It’s great for him to get his head ready. JW seems to have figured it out. Before all that head turning, ego inflating, adulation, he’s hanging with the kids in the hood, going back to his roots. He doesn’t take his gifts for granted.
I think this kind of “overload” is just what #3 needs to keep perspective. He gets it! And what’s so terribly cool for this team is that #3 is far from the only one who gets it!
July 1st, 2016 at 3:02 pm
Meh it’s his job just like we all have jobs to do glad Jameis doesn’t take it for granted
July 1st, 2016 at 4:56 pm
I’m wondering why Joe didn’t post the article that Bucky Brooks has about his top 5 most underrated pass-catch combination. He has Jameis to ASJ as his Number One most underrated combination.
July 1st, 2016 at 5:50 pm
Lake
Bucs.com issues a bold prediction that ASJ will lead the Team in TDs.
July 1st, 2016 at 7:27 pm
America’s camp counselor. This is how you stay grounded and remember what the game is all about.
July 2nd, 2016 at 1:05 am
These football camps he attends isn’t exactly grueling work. He’s playing catch with some kids and having fun. He is around football and his teammates. I wish I could just throw the ball around a little bit and hang out all day for a living. I find it funny the Joe’s think Jameis is “working” at these things. He is having the time of his life and wouldn’t want to be anywhere else than spending time with those kids. Stop trying to turn this into a negative for him.
July 2nd, 2016 at 2:36 am
Don’t worry Joe. Not everybody is wired the same way. You or I might need X number of weeks per year of vacation to refresh and function at a high level, but another person would “need” much less. Giving back to the community is a big part of being a distinguished NFL player, and it’s a habit nurtured at FSU as evidenced by the multiple NFL Man of The Year award winners that FSU cranks out.