TAMPA, Fla. -- When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Jameis Winston looks across the field to the New York Giants' sideline Sunday, he'll see a quarterback in Eli Manning who has helped set a standard for what he hopes to accomplish.
Winston has been watching the 2004 first overall draft pick and two-time Super Bowl MVP closely for years, but the two didn't officially cross paths until Winston became a camp counselor at the 2014 Manning Passing Academy in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
"One of the greatest quarterback experiences of my life was getting the privilege to go to the Manning Passing Academy," Winston said.