Quote:Maybe if he'd been selected 22nd, he might have been more willing to party like a rock star.

 

There was a small sense of glee in my mind as the picks rattled off, and the networks kept going back to show Manziel.  By the time Dallas had passed him up, the guy was clearly not a happy camper.  When Cleveland finally stepped in and drafted him, I think the NFL Network decided the draft was over.  Their wall-to-wall coverage of Manziel was now over. 

 

Meanwhile, the top QB taken in the draft at #3 left Radio City and went to dinner with his family before hitting the sack so he could be in Jacksonville first thing the next morning.  We haven't seen any TMZ pictures of his exploits.

 

I get the feeling Manziel is going to crash and burn in the NFL.  Too much time focused on being a rock star, and not enough on being the best at his position. 

 

Not enough time spent on being the best at his position? C'mon, you don't usually buy into this silliness. Evereything I've read indicates that Manziel works very hard at being the best he can.

 

Should Johnny have been studying some playbook in the green room? Did Blake go to church before his presser? I though we were done with the Gene Smith Good Guy seal of approval.

 

I hope Manziel is successful. The NFL needs personalities. This is an entertainment business by the way. Johnny Football is good for the league, just as Joe Namath and others are. It won't bother me if he makes it. As long as he doesn't play particularly well against the Jaguars.

 

I hope (a lot) that Bortles is the real deal, but it looks like he may be pretty boring in the media sense. I'll take it.

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