Jonathan Paul Manziel
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I know Josh should have went down and not taken the hit on the goal line but how can you fault someone for a wrong split second decision where they are giving 100 percent effort?
I want to agree with you, but I can't.. He wasn't diving for a playoff spot or the superbowl, it was the opening drive of the first game of the season.. There are a hundred reasons I just loved that he tried and all of them are emotion based reasons.
He was brought on to this team to be a game manager and to make the smart and statistically reasonable decisions.... There was no reason to try and make that TD like he did.. It was an AMAZING 1st drive of the first game of the season.. He chewed up literally 2/3rds of the first quarter with that drive and it was a chip shot 3 pointer.
Instead the whole game momentum swung and never really came back into our favor..
Robert
I want to agree with you, but I can't.. He wasn't diving for a playoff spot or the superbowl, it was the opening drive of the first game of the season.. There are a hundred reasons I just loved that he tried and all of them are emotion based reasons.
He was brought on to this team to be a game manager and to make the smart and statistically reasonable decisions.... There was no reason to try and make that TD like he did.. It was an AMAZING 1st drive of the first game of the season.. He chewed up literally 2/3rds of the first quarter with that drive and it was a chip shot 3 pointer.
Instead the whole game momentum swung and never really came back into our favor..
Robert
I understand what you are saying and not disagreeing but we are looking at this with 20/20 hindsight. What would have happened if he had scored and not got a concussion on the play? A lot of what ifs? If he took a slide on the one and we lose the game by 3 points would we look back and say "if he only had gone for the touchdown?". Logically you are right though and I know Pettine has stressed to Josh the importance of him staying healthy and not taking any unnecessary chances.
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That int was on manziel no question, that ball has to be thrown to the outside. But other than that, that was the only glaring mistake. I don't put any of those fumbles on him really, he was flushed out of a collapsing pocket and got the ball stripped/knocked by a convergence of 300lb men. There was really only one other pass that was an inc that he really threw behind a crossing route, and not by much either. He didn't look bad, not great, but if he plays like that we have at least chance in a lot of games.
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That int was on manziel no question, that ball has to be thrown to the outside. But other than that, that was the only glaring mistake. I don't put any of those fumbles on him really, he was flushed out of a collapsing pocket and got the ball stripped/knocked by a convergence of 300lb men. There was really only one other pass that was an inc that he really threw behind a crossing route, and not by much either. He didn't look bad, not great, but if he plays like that we have at least chance in a lot of games.
That int was on manziel no question, that ball has to be thrown to the outside. But other than that, that was the only glaring mistake. I don't put any of those fumbles on him really, he was flushed out of a collapsing pocket and got the ball stripped/knocked by a convergence of 300lb men. There was really only one other pass that was an inc that he really threw behind a crossing route, and not by much either. He didn't look bad, not great, but if he plays like that we have at least chance in a lot of games.
He certainly would have started over Hoyer this year.
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They tried that in Cincinnati, changing the entire scheme when Johnny came in. I'd like to see him play in the scheme that everyone has been running all through practice and once in a while throw a curve ball into the mix.
WSS
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Johnny didn't look as bad as last year, but he still looked bad.
He made a couple nice throws and some nice scrambles, but when you're holding on to the ball past 3 seconds you're just begging to get your linemen called for holding.
Another thing is, you can't blame the online when Johnny is carrying the ball one handed like a loaf of bread, that's just begging to get stripped. He's got to learn to protect the ball better, hell man one of those fumbles was from Johnny running into his own guy.
He's either not seeing the field or he just can't read the field. He looked like a rookie qb, like what he should have looked like last year.
Maybe at this rate he'll be ready to start when he's 30.
He's got a lot of work to do.
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It's time to stop playing the recycled quarterbacks and go with the young guy. If Manziel can't do it we find out this year. Hoyer was not the answer either. They took him out and put in Mallet.
The play calling didn't help. I'm so disappointed in our coaching staff.
They won't beat Tennessee if they don't change something. Mariota is mobile and accurate and his defense is getting better. Thanks to Ray Horton.
I thought we added the players that would really make a difference in the draft. What happened?
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I understand the excuses of "well let's see him get 1st team reps" and "and the play calling was bad." It's true pretty much the whole team was bad too...
The 10-minute sample of McCown was great. Obviously the guys not the future - and he may implode like many of his predecessors, but for winning now he's still our best bet.
To me, Manziel looked like he may be good enough to be a backup at some point. Not sure where the praise is coming from. He had some ups, but mostly downs (Yea I understand the excuses "1st team reps" and blah, but we've seen very little positive from Johnny overall).
I hope he succeeds and leads us to wins, and I will drink and cheer on every weekend. But I'm not particularly optimistic.
He was low a lot, and missed the easy toss to hawkins in the end zone. The throw to hawkins may be a tough throw for me, but for an NFL QB it should have been an easy 6.
I understand the excuses of "well let's see him get 1st team reps" and "and the play calling was bad." It's true pretty much the whole team was bad too...
The 10-minute sample of McCown was great. Obviously the guys not the future - and he may implode like many of his predecessors, but for winning now he's still our best bet.
To me, Manziel looked like he may be good enough to be a backup at some point. Not sure where the praise is coming from. He had some ups, but mostly downs (Yea I understand the excuses "1st team reps" and blah, but we've seen very little positive from Johnny overall).
Agreed. JFF was not impressive at all. I was waiting for him to implode and he did just that.
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that and a truck load of stupid self-inflicted penalties close to record setting status..
dray makes that first catch from mccown things would be MUCH different. mccown healthy and we win by 20.
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ok I heard from a friend of MKC's dogs, vets, neighbors friends wife that they were members of Skull and Bones. Manziels father paid Josh in gold , blood and oil ten times his NFL salary to go full kamikaze beginning in preseason game 4. The reason obviously was to get Johnny on the field right away. Ok have to go wife says I need to take some meds
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Do you have any extra? I might need some to get through this season.
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Hole in the theory is that oil is now just about worthless.
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yessir.
i've always said invest in oxygen.
Nitrogen is the future. Bigger molecules, and tastes great with salsa.
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Hole in the theory is that oil is now just about worthless.
Hole in the theory is that oil is now just about worthless.
Maybe its HASH OIL
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man....you can't make this shit up!
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Last I heard his father was selling cars in Kilgore, Tx..
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I thought Manziel looked good scrambling against the Jets. He looked quicker than last season and made some good runs and seemed to know when he had made as much yardage as possible before taking a slide. He threw a great td pass and this time around got behind center like he was in control and running the offense. I don't know if he is the answer or not but his effort during the off season showed in his performance. Manziel was running an offense that was struggling to get the running game going and that always makes it an uphill battle for any qb. Manziel was extending plays, making plays with his feet and showed me the potential he has. He needs to keep mistakes down and not turn the ball over but that might only come by getting playing time.
It doesn't matter if it is Manziel or McCown this team has got to get the running game going or it will be a long season. They have the offensive line and good enough running backs to do it.
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Yes and among my keys to this loss is the fact that not only did he sit out the preseason basically but so did so many of the other players. I blame the coach for that unless these guys were really hurt. And if they were where the f*** is the conditioning coach? You can't let a team sit out the preseason like they are multiple year Allstars. Also whatever game plan they had together gets thrown out the window as soon as Johnny comes in. They did that against Cincinnati last year and it's still stupid. And Johnny has to learn to hold on to the ball. Same thing for any quarterback that decides to take off running.
Another thing a quarterback needs to do is to get in sync with his receivers. No preseason no getting in sync.
WSS
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