Posted on 05/09/2014 7:45:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin
But what happens after the fall? When, to paraphrase John Facenda, the game becomes a duel in the rain and cold November mud? When the wind whips in from Lake Erie, and the monstrous arms of Big Ben and Joe Flacco fling the ball through the ornery winter snow? While Johnny Manziel falls face-first into the muck, crunched by Geno Atkins or Brett Keisel?
Brian Hoyer is getting the cosmetic decency of the starting job in May. But anyone with a pulse knows you draft Johnny Manziel to start Johnny Manziel. He’s too famous, too fabulous, to squat on the pine. Especially in Cleveland, a town that lost its soul when LeBron James took his talents to South Beach, and hasn’t won an NFL title since 1964.
That’s not to say he can’t play or play well. No player has ever burst into the NFL with more moxie and celebrity than Manziel, who also enters the league with the best handle in history: Johnny Football.
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Many of us wanted to see Manziel plucked by the Dallas Cowboys, the sport’s most famous and dysfunctional team and the draft’s most compelling figure. Jerry Jones, who adores the spotlight, actually drafted by need. Go figure.
Cleveland has needs, too. They need a lot more than Johnny Manziel. Do they even need Johnny Manziel? Can a team build from the ground-up with a player people expect to walk on water?
Johnny Football is a long way from Texas. But for the first time in a long time, the Browns matter. They’ve already sold 1,200 season tickets since last night. They’re all there to see Johnny Manziel win. Will they stick around if he loses?
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More importantly, Manziel is a leader, which is the most important trait for a quarterback...He looks like the kind of guy that won’t tolerate receivers not running their routes properly. I think the entire team will take on his personality.
To build him up before they tear him down.......they love doing that.
Tebow would likely be playing today had it not been for all the media attention that turned him into a distraction for any team thinking of signing him......
I agree. Whether the Browns are a good fit, who knows. I think young QBs are much more susceptible to being ruined by being drafted by the “wrong” team than players at other positions.
The sports press is still giving him undeserved publicity.
True, but there are guys doing better who we’re getting zero attention during the Danica-craze
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