Buccaneers deny asking Jameis Winston to remove crab leg photo
Contrary to previous reports, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers say they didn’t ask the No. 1 overall pick to take down the now infamous crab legs picture.
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The great Jameis Winston crab legs picture saga took yet another twist on Friday night.
Shortly after being selected first overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2015 NFL draft, Winston posted a picture of himself with a plate of crab legs, via SB Nation.
Jameis celebrated being No. 1 pick with his No. 1 snack.http://t.co/5jV9MZnQgC pic.twitter.com/C0BTDDfNQI
— SB Nation (@SBNation) May 1, 2015
As you might expect, some journalists were overly offended by the horrifying picture.
What was point of Jameis Winston serving crablegs at his draft party? Thumbing his nose at laws against shoplifting? Grow up, dude.
— Jeff Schultz (@JeffSchultzATL) May 1, 2015
Then, Shaun King of Yahoo posted a series of Tweets on his timeline indicating that Winston was auctioning off the crab legs to benefit Mike Alstott’s charity. Whatever the context, the picture ended up deleted, with many speculating and reporting that the team asked Winston to take the photo down.
On Friday afternoon, Jason McIntyre of USA Today Sports reported that Tampa Bay had no involvement with Winston taking down the photo.
We’ll probably never know why exactly the picture was taken down. No matter what happened, both sides are making far too big a deal about crab legs.
It would be completely understandable if the Buccaneers wanted Winston to take down the photo. While relatively harmless, Winston is out to repair his image, and the public was going to have backlash for the photo even if it was for charity.
Crab legs are nothing compared to some of the off-the-field allegations Winston faced during his time at Florida State. The Buccaneers spent a lot of time digging into his backstory, and felt comfortable enough with Winston’s character to invest the No. 1 pick on him.
Hopefully, the story will soon turn from pictures of crab legs to actual action on the field. Winston has some weaknesses, but he has the potential to be a franchise quarterback for years to come.
If Winston wins the starting quarterback job out of camp, he could be facing off against Marcus Mariota and the Tennessee Titans Week 1.
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