{"id":444040,"date":"2015-04-28T17:16:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T21:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=444040"},"modified":"2015-04-28T17:16:13","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T21:16:13","slug":"gridiron-kicks-spotlight-is-jameis-winston-or-marcus-mariota-better-for-nike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/gridiron-kicks-spotlight-is-jameis-winston-or-marcus-mariota-better-for-nike\/","title":{"rendered":"Gridiron Kicks Spotlight: Is Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota Better for Nike?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">words \/\/ Pierce Simpson:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">visuals \/\/ Sid Ashford:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Last week, Nike made the major announcement of the signing of two of the best prospects within the 2015 NFL Draft in Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota. With each player being at the forefront of the talent pool and seemingly having all the making to of &#8220;superstar&#8221; intangibles, one player seems to be Nike&#8217;s <em>focus<\/em> at the moment, while the other falls to the wayside. Within this latest edition of <strong>Gridiron Kicks Spotlight<\/strong>, we tackle the notion that maybe it should be another figure taking the lead spot within Nike&#8217;s 2015 Draft Class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">To see for yourself, check out the video above and let us know in the comments section what your sentiments are and if\u00a0Nike&#8217;s making the right decision in\u00a0crowning their leading man.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>words \/\/ Pierce Simpson: visuals \/\/ Sid Ashford: Last week, Nike made the major announcement of the signing of two&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":444071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1221062],"tags":[1225893,1208882,1225736,1205523,1225474],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gridiron Kicks Spotlight: Who&#039;s Better For Nike: Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota? 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