ESPN.com · Dec 7, 2015
Barnwell: Jameis Winston vs. Marcus Mariota so far
Both Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota have shown major positives, though in different ways so far.Sunday marked the first time the two quarterbacks chosen at the top of this year's draft won on the same day. It won't be the last. In Tampa, Florida, Jameis Winston somehow extricated himself from a pile of tacklers to convert a critical third-and-19 late in the fourth quarter before throwing the game-winning touchdown pass to Mike Evans, pushing the Buccaneers back to .500. A laughingstock last year at 2-14, Tampa's sweep over Atlanta -- a team which beat them by a combined 52 points in two games last season -- gives them a 21.7 percent chance of making the playoffs, per ESPN's Football Power Index.
