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PORT ST. LUCIE Parris Campbell Jersey , Fla. (AP) — Before picking football over baseball, Kyler Murray got some advice from another famous two-sport star.One Heisman Trophy winner to another.Tim Tebow says he told Murray to follow his heart when deciding between the Oakland Athletics and pursuing an NFL career. Murray, who won the Heisman last year in his lone season as Oklahoma’s starting quarterback, announced Monday he was fully committing to the gridiron despite being selected ninth overall in the 2018 amateur baseball draft.After arriving Saturday at the New York Mets’ spring training camp, Tebow said he interviewed Murray a few months ago in his job as a college football television analyst and the two have gotten to know each other.Tebow, a former NFL quarterback, won the 2007 Heisman Trophy at Florida.“Kyler, I think he’s a really good young man, and I think this was a really tough decision for him,” Tebow said. “He loves two sports and I can really relate to that. And he went with something that he’s been really good at lately and dominating in. When we talked about it, and we did talk about that, I just gave him the advice to follow your heart. Whatever you’re passionate about.”Tebow Will Harris Jersey , now an outfielder in the Mets’ farm system, has made impressive strides as a baseball player since his NFL career with the Denver Broncos and New York Jets from 2010-12 ended. To the surprise of many, he became an All-Star at Double-A last season and is ticketed for Triple-A Syracuse in April to begin his third full season of professional baseball.After the baseball draft last year, Murray agreed to a minor league contract with Oakland for a $4.66 million signing bonus.The deal called for him to receive $1.5 million after approval last summer by Major League Baseball and $3.16 million on March 1. He must return six-sevenths of the money he received, or $1,285,714.“You know what? Don’t do it for your agents, or your friends and sometimes necessarily even your family,” Tebow recalled telling Murray. “Do it for what’s on your heart, and don’t let other people define you. You’re going to have all these coaches that you look up to and everybody else that’s going to tell you what they think, but what’s most important is following your heart and your passion. And so, I don’t know http://www.detroitlionsteamonline.com/austin-bryant-jersey , hopefully he did that.”Murray hopes to be a high pick in the NFL draft, which begins April 25, and he could be. He is not a prototypical NFL quarterback, perhaps generously listed at 5-foot-10 and 195 pounds, but his combination of speed, passing skills and scrambling ability make him an intriguing prospect. TAMPA, Fla. (AP)Dirk Koetter says he and Jameis Winston have said all they need to say about the state of their relationship as coach and quarterback. Both deny there’s friction between them, though those proclamations aren’t likely to end speculation about how much longer they’ll remain together with the regressing Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs (4-9) have lost eight of 10 games following a 2-1 start and are assured of missing the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season. Koetter led the team to a 9-7 record a year ago, creating heightened expectations that he and Winston have been unable to meet this season. NFL Network reported before Sunday’s 24-21 loss to Detroit that the relationship between coach and quarterback is strained. Koetter and Winston, in his third season since entering the NFL as the No. 1 overall pick in 2015, insist that’s not the case. ”We both said what we had to say,” Koetter reiterated Monday Max Scharping Jersey , when asked if he and Winston had met to discuss the subject since their postgame denials. ”He and I know the truth about it,” the coach added, ”so I don’t know what else there is to talk about.” Winston threw for more than 4,000 yards in each of the past two seasons, helping Tampa Bay progress from a team with two wins the year before he was drafted to a club seemingly on the verge of competing for a division title. But instead of preparing for a meaningful stretch run of games against NFC South rivals Atlanta, Carolina and New Orleans, the Bucs find themselves answering questions about how disappointing it is to see the Falcons, Panthers and Saints chasing playoff berths while they’re wallowing in the division cellar. Injuries, including a shoulder sprain that sidelined Winston for three games and most of a fourth, have been a factor. But so has inconsistency on both offense and defense, where the team ranks last in sacks and has had difficulty keeping opponents out of the end zone. Winston said talk about his relationship with Koetter is directly the result of Tampa Bay’s poor record. ”A lot of distractions come up when we don’t perform like we need to perform,” the 23-year-old quarterback said after throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble in the loss to the Lions Brian Burns Jersey , who forced five turnovers. ”I’ve been with Coach Koetter since I’ve got in this league and he has not wronged me since I’ve stepped foot in those doors. I believe in what we have as an organization. We’ve got the talent,” Winston added. ”Some unfortunate things happened. That’s life. That’s football. Some people can blame it on this. Some people can blame it on that,” he continued, emotion building in his voice. ”At the end of the day, we’ve got to win. As long as we’re winning, no one is talking to me, asking me questions about me and my head coach. No one.” —