Posted on 01/24/2015 5:17:24 AM PST by C19fan
The name on the card that night in May seemed to draw as much anxiety as it did excitement.
Johnny Manziel, Quarterback, Texas A&M.
The former Heisman Trophy winner had been passed over 21 times, prompting a text from Manziel to then-Browns quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains that he wanted to "wreck this league" in Cleveland. The words were actually more R-rated, but the implication was clear.
Twitter erupted at the selection. A Cleveland radio host cheered and screamed openly on air. Manziel gave his "money" sign as he walked onstage to greet Roger Goodell.
By season's end, cheering had turned to frustration and anger as Manziel struggled mightily in almost six quarters as a starter, then was fined for being AWOL the final Saturday of the season. Offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan resigned with two years left on his contract. Loggains was fired. The Browns openly discussed Manziel's viability as the franchise's quarterback at a wide-ranging postseason staff meeting about the roster. And at least a couple of Manziel's teammates were joking his text should have read "wreck this team."
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Apparently so. Have you been following the “news”?
Good point.
A big Aggie donor friend once told me, Johnny Football’s biggest problem ...no work ethic.
As a Cleveland fan, I can say that the team management is unparallelled at screwing up draft picks.
The latest coach has the slogan “play like a Brown” and Manziel thought it was “party like a Brown”
An interesting tidbit is that, phonetically, his name is pronounced "Ryan Leaf"...
Agree with you sentiment on Marroita and the NFL. The winningest college quarterback of all time (a non offical NCAA record) is the third string quarterback for the Detroit Lions. He has the disipline and drive to be a quarterback. Teams thought he was to small to play the position.
Oh, so you don’t have to look it up, Kellen Moore of Boise State record 51 and 3. A player would have to quarterback every game, go to 4 bowl games, and lose only two in 4 years to beat the record. Colt McCoy of Texas was the unoffical holder of the record at 45 wins.
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