At the N.F.L. draft each year, a parade of tackles, safeties and linebackers streams to the podium to try on hats with logos and hold up jerseys. But for all the pundits’ talk about how teams desperately need a center or a cornerback, the choices that create the most excitement will always be the quarterbacks. And this year there are two big names.
After months of debate between backers of Jameis Winston of Florida State and Marcus Mariota of Oregon, a consensus is building. Just about every N.F.L. watcher and beat reporter who has put together a mock draft is projecting that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will take Winston as the No.