Change was the flavor of the weekend for the 2015 NFL Draft — new city, new setup and three of Thursday's top four selections electing to stay home and watch with friends and family.

That includes No. 1 overall pick Jameis Winston, selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The national champion and Florida State Heisman winner was in Bessemer, Ala., and not Chicago, so ESPN — which had the rights to the first telecast interview this year, as NFL Network got Jadeveon Clowney at NYC's Radio City Music Hall in 2014 — sent reporter Tom Rinaldi to follow.

As aware viewers would note, ESPN didn't air an interview with Winston following the selection. Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch delivered the full story in his media column Sunday.

"Two NFL media sources told SI.com that Winston’s camp, which was upset at the network’s overall coverage of the top pick prior to the draft, declined to grant ESPN the first post-draft interview. Instead, Winston spoke with the NFL Network’s Steve Wyche around the time Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota was being selected at No. 2 by the Tennessee Titans. The Winston interview aired on the NFL Network after the fifth overall selection. ... "Had Winston been at the draft site, it’s likely the NFL, which is a partner in this agreement, would have stepped in and prompted Team Winston to talk first with ESPN."

Deitsch notes Rinaldi was eventually granted the Winston interview and it ran Thursday night on Sportscenter.

Winston signed a four-year contract north of $23 million with Tampa Bay on Friday.

