The NFL Draft starts in 23 days — 23 days!

But there is still more work to be done by the scouting gurus at One Buc Palace.

Lovie Smith and friends are now on fancy private plane headed to Oregon to work out Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota today, far away from TV cameras.

Per NFL Network, the Bucs’ big guns will get back on the plane and run Jameis Winston through his own private workout tomorrow.

Oh, the drama.

It’s hard for Joe to imagine the Buccaneers drafting Mariota, assuming this guy stops butting his nose in , but it’s easy to imagine the Bucs being intrigued by talk of the Chargers looking to trade stud QB Philip Rivers.