One Last Johnny And The King
It’s been a long time since our last J&TK, but this had to happen once Johnny Manziel got cut. I had to see it out.
Johnny Manziel went from fun to frightening really fast. It was like the police suddenly showing up at a killer party. I never thought he would be good. I wanted him to be good, because his brand of football was incredibly fun to watch, and he was an entertaining character that didn’t seem to be harming anyone. Then it got real. He spent two months in rehab, he got in altercations with his girlfriend, he tried to sneak into Vegas casinos or something while on team probation, the list goes on. His own agent fired him. What sports agent in history has fired their client? Especially one as marketable as JFF? How much of a trainwreck is this guy? His own father fears he won’t live to see age 25. As of Thursday, he was finally released from the Browns in a move that was only surprising because most of us thought he would have been cut on Wednesday instead.
In a league where Brock Osweiler gets 72 million dollars and Mark Sanchez continues to find work, it still feels like no one is going to touch him. The party is over and nobody wants the hangover. He might find work but honestly, right now he should probably focus on getting his life together. That’s more important. I don’t know how he’ll do without football being there. A lot of players use football to deal with their problems and help them focus to heal. Maybe football is his problem and without it he can fix himself. Who knows.
i had hoped we were gonna get that guy from the Chick-fil-a Bowl against Duke, the guy who could squirm out of any trouble and find the open man and grab guys by the facemask on the sideline and keep their heads in the game and drag his team to victory by sheer force of will. the Browns need a guy like that. there was even a glimmer of that guy in his last game with the Browns, against Kansas City, where he had the Browns’ godawful offense closing in on the endzone before time ran out.
but instead, well…sigh.
I know people say Tebow was a polarizing figure but I think JFF was even more so. From day one, I hoped he would get his stuff together. Unfortunately, I also kinda assumed he wouldn’t. He had no talent. Let’s not forget the real news here though. The Factory of Sadness gets to put up a new QB tombstone!
That was meant to say he had talent, my bad. Need more coffee.
Despite all the reports and jokes, Jerry Jones ain’t gonna touch Manziel. Jerry picks his players smartly, (he probably hoped the Greg Hardy story would be this great comeback story like Vick) and I think he wants to get someone Romo’s build and talents for Antonio to groom, and he is going to look in the draft.
You mean Stephen Jones picks players smartly and keeps his dad from doing stupid shit like this.
I just hope he can prove his dad wrong. It got really scary fast you’re right. I don’t think he’s a bad guy but he’s an idiot that thinks he deserves everything, and sometimes that leads to worse things.
where are the free agency comics at? brock osweiler didn’t get 72 mil to get ignored
See Sam Bradford’s comic.
Apply it to brock.
ahh, true
Give it time. Last year Dave made ten comics about free agency. He’ll get to Brock and the rest of the craziness soon enough.
I got the next few weeks to hit all the funny. Too much happened at once but none of it is terribly time sensitive.
I can’t be the only person who enjoyed this trainwreck from the moment it derailed, can I? I mean, the guy seemed so full of himself and had such an above the law attitude that I really enjoyed seeing life shit on him the way he shit on LeBron’s sink.
I mean yeah watching him bust out is funny but I think I draw the line when the man’s health and mental stability becomes a legitimate concern
Dude has some serious problems and he needs help, I’m not going to revel in that.
JOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Now he’s probably going to go camp arming in pre-seasons, in hopes to make the regular season, but really, it’s just to frighten the orginal backup and add “competition.”
Lots of fans around the country are probably like “LET’S SIGN JOHNNY FOOTBALL HE CAN HAVE 86-YARD RUSHING TUDDY’S IN THE REGULAR SEASON.” The reality is that some franchise will most likely pick him up only to cut him after week 3 or 4 of preseason. A ton of teams could use a 3rd guy. It’s not like the Falcons, where they already set their rotation this early. There’s a chance for JFF. But a small one.