Jameis Winston says he'd throw on Seahawks' Richard Sherman
Jameis Winston was asked about the absence of Oregon CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu on Sunday and said he hated that his team didn't get a chance to face a defender considered one of the best in college football.
"Well, I know a lot about Oregon's defense, period," Winston said. "I hate we don't get a chance to play against him. He's a great corner, but we played against [teammates] P.J. Williams, Ronald Darby, Jalen Ramsey, Tyler Hunter, on a daily basis. We see them every day, and I believe those guys are as good as he is, so we weren't really worried."
And then he upped the ante a little bit. If Ekpre-Olomu, who is out with a knee injury, was going to be in the Rose Bowl, Winston said Florida State wasn't going to avoid him. From Fox Sports:
"I don't mean to come off as arrogant, but we don't discriminate. Even if he was on the field, we were going to be looking forward to playing him.
"It's going to be a football game. Things happen in football games. Things happen at football practice. Like I said, it's a team thing. It's not just attacking one player or picking on somebody. I believe we've got the best receiver in the country in Rashad Greene and the best tight end in Nick O'Leary, and I believe our other guys are pretty good, too.
"We don't fear nobody. Richard Sherman [could] get out there and line up against us, we wouldn't throw away from him neither."
Because the comments come from Winston, the most polarizing figure in college football, they're likely to elicit a strong response, especially from those who have negative feelings towards him. But here's the thing: they shouldn't. A quarterback, especially a Heisman-winning one, should be confident. Especially publicly. Conceding part of the field to any defender, even if it's Sherman in this hypothetical game of college vs. professional players, is a terrible idea. It creates an unnecessary advantage and talking point.
Don't get us wrong, Winston's candor is appreciated. But it's foolish to waste energy thinking they somehow have a deeper or larger meaning.
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