![]() ![]() "I didn't want any negative publicity from (draft) day, that took away from the whole organization and my family. "That's the only reason I took the picture down," he said. Winston, 21, insists that he was surprised by the reaction, but that won't cut it now. It was showing thanks to a dear friend of mine." When I asked Winston what he was thinking at the exact moment the picture was snapped, he said, "I wasn't thinking about what might come from it. Nonetheless, Winston took the photo down amid the groundswell of negative blowback. No, the crab legs did not come from Publix. ![]() Colburn, whom Winston met at a charity event recently – when the quarterback took good-natured ribbing while helping to auction off a king crab - sent 25 pounds of crab legs to the draft party. Keith Colburn, star of "The Deadliest Catch," a popular show on the Discovery Channel about the lives of Alaskan crab fishermen. Too many people jumped to the quick conclusion that this was a case of a cocky, hotshot rookie – who opted to skip attending the NFL Draft in Chicago - thumbing his nose at the world, a last laugh after his infamous crab legs saga last season.ĭuring his introductory news conference at One Buc Place on Friday, Winston explained that he posed with the food to say thank you to Capt. Social media exploded over the image, with a prevailing theme: How dare he? The nerve! Winston posted a picture on Instagram, posing with a plate of crab legs. 1 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night, the stuff hit the fan. That's one of the constant themes that Jameis Winston has heard for years from his high-energy father, Antonor, and boy has that hit home about now.
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