Johnny Manziel is a classic case of self-sabotage and self-destruction.
He embraced his Johnny Fuckin' Football, hard-partying lifestyle to the fullest at the cost of professional excellence.
Johnny behaved how I believe most typical college kids would.
He just couldn’t say no to all the fame and attention.
Especially at that age.
We’ve had a lot of Johnny Football blogs lately.
Had to plug Kayce Smith’s at the top, because she crushed that thing.
Hubbs coveredthe made-up story about the alleged familial oil fortuneManziel hailed from.
And Tate was on the story about Johnny half-bragging aboutwatching zero minutes of filmon his tablet/Surface/whatever.
That one got me thinking about a variety of things.
His straight-line speed wasn’t special, yet his quickness was.
In his final NFL game, he ran for 108 yards against the Chiefs!
That’s neither here nor there!
And after the fact, it was reported he may have been concussed all the while.
“Average athlete by NFL standards” some people say.
I don’t get it.
What I’m about to get into is why I wrote this.
All the numbers don’t look pretty.
AND he didn’t study film away from the team facility.
Whisenhunt had gone 2-14 in his first season at the helm in Tennessee.
In Week 1 of 2015, the Titans smacked the Bucs 42-17.
Marcus Mariota completed 13 of 15 passes for 208 yards, four TDs and a perfect 158.3 passer rating.
This Tennessee team was off and running.
What a turn of events from that magical season opener in Mariota’s debut.
At 1-6 and 3-20 overall with the Titans, Whisenhunt was fired.
Now for the even steeper off-a-cliff trajectory: Eric Mangini.
Johnny fucking smoked this dude when he was the 49ers' defensive coordinator.
Hilariously, this was the very game when Manziel infamously smashed his head into a tablet following an interception.
Yeah, Johnny was out of the league at the end of that season but so was Mangini!
Poor guy pivoted to TV for a myriad of reasons I’m sure.
Such the opposite of that Patriot Way he learned so well under Bill Belichick in New England.
He’s based in Cleveland!
You opened with a Browns question!!
So what if the Titans and 49ers combined to finish 8-24 during that 2015 season?
That he may or may not have had a lot of control over but SHHHHHHH.
What if JFF actually fuckingworkedat it?
Sadly we’ll never know.
On a happier note, here’s Johnny Football doing his dance at A&M:
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