The Tampa Bay Buccaneers knew for a long time that they were going to pick Jameis Winston. Peter King revealed on Monday that general manager Jason Licht had been interested in Winston as far back as his redshirt freshman season, while Lovie Smith fell in love during the college football playoff game against Oregon. And yesterday, Licht went on Sirus XM NFL radio with Rich Gannon and Bruce Murray, and the general manager said that the Bucs knew they were taking Winston for the past month.
"We wanted to make sure that this was a consensus," Licht said.