Tampa Bay Buccaneers Center Evan Smith Says Jameis Winston Reminds Him Of A Young Aaron Rodgers

Word on Jameis Winston coming out of Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp is that the young quarterback is getting better and better with each and every practice. Of course it is only practice. We will not get close to an idea of what the future really holds for him until we see him take the field against another team.

Whatever he has done in practice must be paying off. It certainly has earned him high praise from some of his teammates. Center Evan Smith has gone as far as to compare him to a young Aaron Rodgers.

Highlights from yesterday's practice, including this @Jaboowins to @MikeEvans13_ TD. MORE: http://t.co/3o2GROdMXH https://t.co/JFAkxl2ifY

— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@TBBuccaneers) August 10, 2015

Smith had this to say to Yahoo Sports Friday after practice:

"I've only been around two other quarterbacks. I played with one who was really good. He reminds me of a very young version of him."

"You see it with the brains. You definitely see the arm talent. That's one thing that will jump off the film at you. He obviously has a baseball background, and he knows how to throw it. But the anticipation on his throws is something that really wows you. Sometimes we watch film and say, 'Wow that was a really good throw.'"

Smith also qualified his comments by recognizing that Winston has yet to take a single snap in a game, but he is encouraged by what he has seen so far:

"When I first got to Green Bay, you could see the talent there, you could see Aaron was starting to take off as a superstar. You can tell Jameis has that potential."

The Bucs have yet to say whether Winston will see much if any action in the team's preseason opener Saturday against the Minnesota Vikings. Tampa Bay opens the season against the Marcus Mariota led Tennessee Titans.

[YahooSports]

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