Jonathan Paul Manziel
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What Johnny Manziel's hometown knows....
Harley Hooper Johnny pop warner coach remembers when as a 12 yr. old player he would stand in the middle of the field and throw 50 yrd. bombs that would clank off a rusted goalpost..People have been counting him out his whole life but he thrives on proving them wrong said Hooper.Never have I ever seen a player with the competive drive as Johnny.If you tell him he can't do something he gonna do his bestto show you he can. Yes he has issues but if ever gets them under control the sky the limit.
Harley Hooper Johnny pop warner coach remembers when as a 12 yr. old player he would stand in the middle of the field and throw 50 yrd. bombs that would clank off a rusted goalpost..People have been counting him out his whole life but he thrives on proving them wrong said Hooper.Never have I ever seen a player with the competive drive as Johnny.If you tell him he can't do something he gonna do his bestto show you he can. Yes he has issues but if ever gets them under control the sky the limit.
Maybe we should tell him it is OK to go out and get shithammered every night.
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Harley Hooper Johnny pop warner coach remembers when as a 12 yr. old player he would stand in the middle of the field and throw 50 yrd. bombs that would clank off a rusted goalpost..People have been counting him out his whole life but he thrives on proving them wrong said Hooper.Never have I ever seen a player with the competive drive as Johnny.If you tell him he can't do something he gonna do his bestto show you he can. Yes he has issues but if ever gets them under control the sky the limit.
Maybe we should tell him it is OK to go out and get shithammered every night.
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What Johnny Manziel's hometown knows....
Harley Hooper Johnny pop warner coach remembers when as a 12 yr. old player he would stand in the middle of the field and throw 50 yrd. bombs that would clank off a rusted goalpost..People have been counting him out his whole life but he thrives on proving them wrong said Hooper.Never have I ever seen a player with the competive drive as Johnny.If you tell him he can't do something he gonna do his bestto show you he can. Yes he has issues but if ever gets them under control the sky the limit.
Harley Hooper Johnny pop warner coach remembers when as a 12 yr. old player he would stand in the middle of the field and throw 50 yrd. bombs that would clank off a rusted goalpost..People have been counting him out his whole life but he thrives on proving them wrong said Hooper.Never have I ever seen a player with the competive drive as Johnny.If you tell him he can't do something he gonna do his bestto show you he can. Yes he has issues but if ever gets them under control the sky the limit.
Johnny Manziel is good at football, but he sucks at life, and to make it in the NFL, you have to be good at both. He's the ultimate 'me' player in the ultimate team sport. You want to know why he thrives on proving people wrong about him? Because he's all about HIMSELF. Why couldn't he prove THAT wrong? Because it's true.
How many chances has he had to be the man in Cleveland? How many times has he shown that he puts the party life above being a team leader? He is his own worst enemy. In case you missed it, LeBron's marketing agency dropped him. What does that tell you? He needs to go. If it were up to me, he'd have been cut after the Las Vegas stunt. Sashi Brown should be sending that message now.
"I said, 'I need someone who's going to want to get on the roller coaster with me knowing that it's not always going to be fun,'" -Paul DePodesta -
In response to the original author, I will say this:
You make a good point. Supremely talented and competitive people often reach their goals, but right now Johnny is up against a totally different competitor. He's not going head-to-head with bigger, faster guys...he's going against himself and his inner demons. Addiction doesn't care if you're rich or poor, black or white, big or small. It doesn't play favorites. Nobody completely defeats addiction, the successful people merely keep it at bay through hard work and continued treatment. There are no shortcuts, there is no "easy way"...there is only admitting the problem, following a treatment plan, and CONTINUED therapy. A person struggling with addiction simply can't go to a ten week rehab facility and come out "cured". It doesn't work that way, ESPECIALLY for a person with wealth and status.
Yes, Johnny is competitive. He's likely been told for 15 years that he's too small, too slow, and not good enough. But he'll need more than competitive spirit to win this battle. He'll need to humble himself. He'll need to admit that he's basically powerless against his addiction, and without help, he needs to know that he'll never achieve his goals. I wish him the best. Our world is full of failed potential...I don't want to see anymore.
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Don't have n.f.l. skill set ? He has started 7 games and you already come to this conclusion ? That's funny I think I will take what Sherman , D. Johnson, Whitner and Len Dawson all said that Johnny has what it takes to be a good q.b.. Fifth most passing yrds of all Browns q.b. and most rushing yrds of any browns q.b. in very limited playing time.Haters will always hate wouldn't matter what he did a lot of you anointed him as the starter next season after the Chiefs game. Goff and Lynch wouldn't even be in the first rd if they were in last yr draft if they were eligible Manziel miles better. Google Manziel on Wipi ltall the records in high school and at Texas AM the SEC then tell me he has no talent its way to early to say he can't play .
Don't have n.f.l. skill set ? He has started 7 games and you already come to this conclusion ? That's funny I think I will take what Sherman , D. Johnson, Whitner and Len Dawson all said that Johnny has what it takes to be a good q.b.. Fifth most passing yrds of all Browns q.b. and most rushing yrds of any browns q.b. in very limited playing time.Haters will always hate wouldn't matter what he did a lot of you anointed him as the starter next season after the Chiefs game. Goff and Lynch wouldn't even be in the first rd if they were in last yr draft if they were eligible Manziel miles better. Google Manziel on Wipi ltall the records in high school and at Texas AM the SEC then tell me he has no talent its way to early to say he can't play .
No NFL talent you fucking twat. Nobody denies he was a great college QB along with troy smith, tebow, quinn, and the rest of those losers.
Get the fuck out of here with your Johnny Drama bullshit. The only thing he has brought to this organization is drama.
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The only American with a good sense of irony I've ever known is Bill Hicks, get over itI mean, are you like Alaniss Morrisette or somebody, lecturing us on Irony?
Irony is the fact that Churchill invented the term Iron Curtain....but that it was Gorbachev and Lech Walesa that dropped that curtain. (and not Reagan as some of his supporters think)
It is irony that it was the guy that created the Steel Curtain, Chuck Noll who was the one to drop it.
The only American with a good sense of irony I've ever known is Bill Hicks, get over it
Who is Bill Hicks?
But I think Bill Hickock had a sense of irony. Always played poker facing the door of the room....so he could see who or what was coming. The one day he violates his own rule, he gets shot in the back.
Now...THAT is irony.
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What Johnny Manziel's hometown knows....
Harley Hooper Johnny pop warner coach remembers when as a 12 yr. old player he would stand in the middle of the field and throw 50 yrd. bombs that would clank off a rusted goalpost..People have been counting him out his whole life but he thrives on proving them wrong said Hooper.Never have I ever seen a player with the competive drive as Johnny.If you tell him he can't do something he gonna do his bestto show you he can. Yes he has issues but if ever gets them under control the sky the limit.
Harley Hooper Johnny pop warner coach remembers when as a 12 yr. old player he would stand in the middle of the field and throw 50 yrd. bombs that would clank off a rusted goalpost..People have been counting him out his whole life but he thrives on proving them wrong said Hooper.Never have I ever seen a player with the competive drive as Johnny.If you tell him he can't do something he gonna do his bestto show you he can. Yes he has issues but if ever gets them under control the sky the limit.
In Johnny's case you may have said that the floor is the limit.
As he is just as likely to be found lying face down on the floor in a pool of puke...than throwing TDs.
Sorry.....I think it likely that his hometown....or a lot of people in it, have been Johnny Enablers.
(yes...that is you Kerrville. My brother used to live there.....before JFF was born)
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Good to know.
He's a very mediocre NFL Quarteback and an absolutely horrible Cleveland Brown.
Can someone in town get him a job?
Zombo
Zombo said:
Good to know.
He's a very mediocre NFL Quarteback and an absolutely horrible Cleveland Brown.
Can someone in town get him a job?
Zombo
The YO Ranch may be hiring ranch hands. (where my brother worked) They also own a hotel in town there.....they could use a bell boy.
One thing I will say is that for a guy from Texas....and Kerrville is big ranching area......I have never see a photo of Johhny in a cowboy hat....and I have looked.
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Where’s Johnny? Concern grows for ManzielJosh Peter, USA TODAY Sports 9:27 a.m. EST January 11, 20162015-12-13-johnny-manzielAVON, Ohio — In this peaceful Cleveland suburb, there is one resident creating a national ruckus. His two-story house with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms blends into the upscale subdivision, but there is still evidence of who's inside.Parked in the driveway last week was a white, two-door 2015 Nissan GT-R — the same car he was driving when police recently pulled him over for expired tags.On the front porch sat a package from the Cleveland Browns.The final clue came when an unshaven man answered the front door, a pint-sized dog squirmed loose and scampered down the street.The man’s face was unfamiliar, but the dog was not. It was the dog pictured with Johnny Manziel in a photo posted on Manziel’s Instagram account Jan. 3 — about two hours after the Browns quarterback was spotted in Las Vegas the night before the team's final game of the season.USA TODAYJohnny Manziel spotted at Las Vegas casino on eve of season finaleThe posted photo included a location tag that placed Manziel in Avon, suggesting that despite his being seen in Las Vegas, he was here. Here at this house, with the Nissan in the driveway and the package from the Browns on the porch, where on an afternoon last week he just might be …“Johnny’s not home,’’ the man said of the quarterback who has managed to exasperate Browns fans, set social media ablaze with his off-field exploits and flip the old Tonight Show intro onto its head. Instead of “Heeere’s Johnny,’’ it’s “Wheeere’s Johnny?"Drinking champagne in Austin again? Wearing a blond wig and sporting a mustache at a Las Vegas casino again? Anywhere but the Browns facility where he was supposed to meet with the medical staff after being diagnosed with a concussion?“Am I concerned for him? Yes," Mark Smith, who coached Manziel at Kerrville Tivy (Texas) High, told USA TODAY Sports. “He’s a great kid and I really think he can do some great things. He’s got to figure that out on his own."Smith's concern has been shared by many in the past week, including LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers star who said the off-field hijinks are a "distraction," and then later in day dropped Manziel from his marketing agency.USA TODAYLeBron James' marketing agency cuts ties with Johnny ManzielIn addition to Manziel's whereabouts, the question facing the quarterback is whether he will be in Cleveland much longer. The Browns fired general manager Ray Farmer and coach Mike Pettine hours after the final game of a 3-13 season and are embarking on another rebuilding process, one many fans would like to see without Manziel.In the past, he had the help of a mentor. Julius Scott, the offensive coordinator when Manziel played at Kerrville Tivy, moved to Avon from Texas last spring to provide Manziel guidance. Scott lived with Manziel for about three months after Manizel finished a 10-week stay in rehab for an undisclosed substance abuse issue.Now Manziel lives with Bryan Chase, a high school teammate from Texas who answers the front door. He declined to answer questions about Manziel’s trip to Las Vegas. But last week, after Manziel was seen playing pool one night at a nearby Dave & Buster's restaurant, Chase grinned and said, “It was a good time.’’Visible through the open front door of Manziel’s house was a box from the winery “KLINKER BRICK,’’ the same box pictured in photos TMZ published last week showing Manziel buying the case of wine. It was something that might have unsettled Scott, the offensive coordinator-turned-mentor.In September, Scott predicted Manziel would have “a great recovery.’’ But in October, Scott said he was worried after learning Manziel had started drinking again.Scott discovered as much when police released a report in October stating Manziel had acknowledged drinking alcohol before an argument with his girlfriend. The argument led police to pull over the car in which Manziel was driving and his distressed girlfriend was in the front passenger seat. Now Scott said he is unavailable for comment, but others offered their thoughts on Manziel and his escapades.Cheryl Houston, a manager at Heinen’s Grocery Store where Manziel bought the case of Klinker Brick wine, confirmed that Manziel shops there and sounded understanding.“He’s still a child,’’ she said. “How old is he, 21, 22?”Manziel is now 23, and next season will be his third since the Browns took him with the 22nd pick of the 2014 NFL draft and signed him to a four-year, $8.25 million contract. The dividends:In two seasons, he has played in 14 games, has started eight games — in which the team went 2-6 — has completed 57% of his passes (147-of-258 for 1,675 yards) and has thrown for seven touchdowns (rushed for another) and seven interceptions. He also has staged a circus that has kept TMZ and news media outlets busy.But Browns fans appear to view Manziel less as the circus ringmaster than a clown.“It’s a joke,’’ said John “Big Dawg’’ Thompson, the famed Browns fan. “Nobody even wants him in Cleveland.’’USA TODAYBrowns' QB Johnny Manziel cited for expired license platesAs much Manziel’s trip to Vegas appeared to incense Browns fans, what compounded the anger is Manziel — inactive for the regular-season finale because he’d been placed on the league’s concussion protocol — skipped the team’s last game and failed to meet with medical personnel that morning.Mark Wyman, an electrician in suburban Cleveland, struck a common sentiment last week when he and two friends bought Powerball tickets and he said they’d already agreed what to do with the winnings.“We’re going to buy the Browns and immediately release Johnny Manziel,’’ he said with a smirk.Michael Dean Perry, a star defensive tackle with the Browns from 1989 to 1994, said he doesn’t think the Powerball plan is necessary. Perry said it it appears it’s time for the Browns to acknowledge Manziel will never fulfill their hopes, never meet their expectations and take the job seriously as long as he’s playing in Cleveland.“It looks like they’ve exhausted every option,’’ Perry told USA TODAY Sports. “It may take the Cleveland Browns to say, “Hey, you know what, we’re cutting ties with you.’ And maybe that’s what he wants.’’What does Manziel want? It’s hard to get that question answered before answering the first one: “Wheeere’s Johnny?’’Later in the week, five newspapers in plastic sleeves were piled on his front lawn as if to give the appearance he was out of town. Closer inspection revealed all of the newspapers were the same Jan. 8 edition.Manziel’s high school buddy answered the door, said he would ask Manziel if he was willing to talk and later reemerged.“It’s just not something that he’s prepared to do at the time,’’ he said.Thompson, the rabid Browns fan who wore a dog mask to games for 25 years, said his own struggles with alcohol give him a unique perspective."It’s sickness,’’ Thompson said, suggesting no matter where Johnny Manziel might actually be— Las Vegas, Cleveland, points unknown — the polarizing quarterback is lost.
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Harley Hooper Johnny pop warner coach remembers when as a 12 yr. old player he would stand in the middle of the field and throw 50 yrd. bombs that would clank off a rusted goalpost..People have been counting him out his whole life but he thrives on proving them wrong said Hooper.Never have I ever seen a player with the competive drive as Johnny.If you tell him he can't do something he gonna do his bestto show you he can. Yes he has issues but if ever gets them under control the sky the limit.
Johnny Manziel is good at football, but he sucks at life, and to make it in the NFL, you have to be good at both. He's the ultimate 'me' player in the ultimate team sport. You want to know why he thrives on proving people wrong about him? Because he's all about HIMSELF. Why couldn't he prove THAT wrong? Because it's true.
How many chances has he had to be the man in Cleveland? How many times has he shown that he puts the party life above being a team leader? He is his own worst enemy. In case you missed it, LeBron's marketing agency dropped him. What does that tell you? He needs to go. If it were up to me, he'd have been cut after the Las Vegas stunt. Sashi Brown should be sending that message now.
Johnny Manziel is good at football, but he sucks at life, and to make it in the NFL, you have to be good at both. He's the ultimate 'me' player in the ultimate team sport. You want to know why he thrives on proving people wrong about him? Because he's all about HIMSELF. Why couldn't he prove THAT wrong? Because it's true.
How many chances has he had to be the man in Cleveland? How many times has he shown that he puts the party life above being a team leader? He is his own worst enemy. In case you missed it, LeBron's marketing agency dropped him. What does that tell you? He needs to go. If it were up to me, he'd have been cut after the Las Vegas stunt. Sashi Brown should be sending that message now.
LeBron kicking Manziel to the curb is telling. I suspect the Browns will be next.
In Johnny's case you may have said that the floor is the limit.
As he is just as likely to be found lying face down on the floor in a pool of puke....than throwing TDs.
Sorry.....I think it likely that his hometown....or a lot of people in it, have been Johnny Enablers.
(yes...that is you Kerrville. My brother used to live there.....before JFF was born)
There is really is no floor, the ultimate floor is death- Bon Scott and plenty of others have wound up in that condition.
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Johnny Manziel is good at football, but he sucks at life, and to make it in the NFL, you have to be good at both. He's the ultimate 'me' player in the ultimate team sport. You want to know why he thrives on proving people wrong about him? Because he's all about HIMSELF. Why couldn't he prove THAT wrong? Because it's true.
How many chances has he had to be the man in Cleveland? How many times has he shown that he puts the party life above being a team leader? He is his own worst enemy. In case you missed it, LeBron's marketing agency dropped him. What does that tell you? He needs to go. If it were up to me, he'd have been cut after the Las Vegas stunt. Sashi Brown should be sending that message now.
LeBron kicking Manziel to the curb is telling. I suspect the Browns will be next.
In Johnny's case you may have said that the floor is the limit.
As he is just as likely to be found lying face down on the floor in a pool of puke....than throwing TDs.
Sorry.....I think it likely that his hometown....or a lot of people in it, have been Johnny Enablers.
(yes...that is you Kerrville. My brother used to live there.....before JFF was born)
There is really is no floor, the ultimate floor is death- Bon Scott and plenty of others have wound up in that condition.
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Haterz gone hate.... lovers gonna love... I don't even want, none of the abooooove....
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Where’s Johnny? Concern grows for ManzielJosh Peter, USA TODAY Sports 9:27 a.m. EST January 11, 20162015-12-13-johnny-manzielAVON, Ohio — In this peaceful Cleveland suburb, there is one resident creating a national ruckus. His two-story house with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms blends into the upscale subdivision, but there is still evidence of who's inside.Parked in the driveway last week was a white, two-door 2015 Nissan GT-R — the same car he was driving when police recently pulled him over for expired tags.On the front porch sat a package from the Cleveland Browns.The final clue came when an unshaven man answered the front door, a pint-sized dog squirmed loose and scampered down the street.The man’s face was unfamiliar, but the dog was not. It was the dog pictured with Johnny Manziel in a photo posted on Manziel’s Instagram account Jan. 3 — about two hours after the Browns quarterback was spotted in Las Vegas the night before the team's final game of the season.USA TODAYJohnny Manziel spotted at Las Vegas casino on eve of season finaleThe posted photo included a location tag that placed Manziel in Avon, suggesting that despite his being seen in Las Vegas, he was here. Here at this house, with the Nissan in the driveway and the package from the Browns on the porch, where on an afternoon last week he just might be …“Johnny’s not home,’’ the man said of the quarterback who has managed to exasperate Browns fans, set social media ablaze with his off-field exploits and flip the old Tonight Show intro onto its head. Instead of “Heeere’s Johnny,’’ it’s “Wheeere’s Johnny?"Drinking champagne in Austin again? Wearing a blond wig and sporting a mustache at a Las Vegas casino again? Anywhere but the Browns facility where he was supposed to meet with the medical staff after being diagnosed with a concussion?“Am I concerned for him? Yes," Mark Smith, who coached Manziel at Kerrville Tivy (Texas) High, told USA TODAY Sports. “He’s a great kid and I really think he can do some great things. He’s got to figure that out on his own."Smith's concern has been shared by many in the past week, including LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers star who said the off-field hijinks are a "distraction," and then later in day dropped Manziel from his marketing agency.USA TODAYLeBron James' marketing agency cuts ties with Johnny ManzielIn addition to Manziel's whereabouts, the question facing the quarterback is whether he will be in Cleveland much longer. The Browns fired general manager Ray Farmer and coach Mike Pettine hours after the final game of a 3-13 season and are embarking on another rebuilding process, one many fans would like to see without Manziel.In the past, he had the help of a mentor. Julius Scott, the offensive coordinator when Manziel played at Kerrville Tivy, moved to Avon from Texas last spring to provide Manziel guidance. Scott lived with Manziel for about three months after Manizel finished a 10-week stay in rehab for an undisclosed substance abuse issue.Now Manziel lives with Bryan Chase, a high school teammate from Texas who answers the front door. He declined to answer questions about Manziel’s trip to Las Vegas. But last week, after Manziel was seen playing pool one night at a nearby Dave & Buster's restaurant, Chase grinned and said, “It was a good time.’’Visible through the open front door of Manziel’s house was a box from the winery “KLINKER BRICK,’’ the same box pictured in photos TMZ published last week showing Manziel buying the case of wine. It was something that might have unsettled Scott, the offensive coordinator-turned-mentor.In September, Scott predicted Manziel would have “a great recovery.’’ But in October, Scott said he was worried after learning Manziel had started drinking again.Scott discovered as much when police released a report in October stating Manziel had acknowledged drinking alcohol before an argument with his girlfriend. The argument led police to pull over the car in which Manziel was driving and his distressed girlfriend was in the front passenger seat. Now Scott said he is unavailable for comment, but others offered their thoughts on Manziel and his escapades.Cheryl Houston, a manager at Heinen’s Grocery Store where Manziel bought the case of Klinker Brick wine, confirmed that Manziel shops there and sounded understanding.“He’s still a child,’’ she said. “How old is he, 21, 22?”Manziel is now 23, and next season will be his third since the Browns took him with the 22nd pick of the 2014 NFL draft and signed him to a four-year, $8.25 million contract. The dividends:In two seasons, he has played in 14 games, has started eight games — in which the team went 2-6 — has completed 57% of his passes (147-of-258 for 1,675 yards) and has thrown for seven touchdowns (rushed for another) and seven interceptions. He also has staged a circus that has kept TMZ and news media outlets busy.But Browns fans appear to view Manziel less as the circus ringmaster than a clown.“It’s a joke,’’ said John “Big Dawg’’ Thompson, the famed Browns fan. “Nobody even wants him in Cleveland.’’USA TODAYBrowns' QB Johnny Manziel cited for expired license platesAs much Manziel’s trip to Vegas appeared to incense Browns fans, what compounded the anger is Manziel — inactive for the regular-season finale because he’d been placed on the league’s concussion protocol — skipped the team’s last game and failed to meet with medical personnel that morning.Mark Wyman, an electrician in suburban Cleveland, struck a common sentiment last week when he and two friends bought Powerball tickets and he said they’d already agreed what to do with the winnings.“We’re going to buy the Browns and immediately release Johnny Manziel,’’ he said with a smirk.Michael Dean Perry, a star defensive tackle with the Browns from 1989 to 1994, said he doesn’t think the Powerball plan is necessary. Perry said it it appears it’s time for the Browns to acknowledge Manziel will never fulfill their hopes, never meet their expectations and take the job seriously as long as he’s playing in Cleveland.“It looks like they’ve exhausted every option,’’ Perry told USA TODAY Sports. “It may take the Cleveland Browns to say, “Hey, you know what, we’re cutting ties with you.’ And maybe that’s what he wants.’’What does Manziel want? It’s hard to get that question answered before answering the first one: “Wheeere’s Johnny?’’Later in the week, five newspapers in plastic sleeves were piled on his front lawn as if to give the appearance he was out of town. Closer inspection revealed all of the newspapers were the same Jan. 8 edition.Manziel’s high school buddy answered the door, said he would ask Manziel if he was willing to talk and later reemerged.“It’s just not something that he’s prepared to do at the time,’’ he said.Thompson, the rabid Browns fan who wore a dog mask to games for 25 years, said his own struggles with alcohol give him a unique perspective."It’s sickness,’’ Thompson said, suggesting no matter where Johnny Manziel might actually be— Las Vegas, Cleveland, points unknown — the polarizing quarterback is lost.
Zombo said:
Where’s Johnny? Concern grows for ManzielJosh Peter, USA TODAY Sports 9:27 a.m. EST January 11, 20162015-12-13-johnny-manzielAVON, Ohio — In this peaceful Cleveland suburb, there is one resident creating a national ruckus. His two-story house with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms blends into the upscale subdivision, but there is still evidence of who's inside.Parked in the driveway last week was a white, two-door 2015 Nissan GT-R — the same car he was driving when police recently pulled him over for expired tags.On the front porch sat a package from the Cleveland Browns.The final clue came when an unshaven man answered the front door, a pint-sized dog squirmed loose and scampered down the street.The man’s face was unfamiliar, but the dog was not. It was the dog pictured with Johnny Manziel in a photo posted on Manziel’s Instagram account Jan. 3 — about two hours after the Browns quarterback was spotted in Las Vegas the night before the team's final game of the season.USA TODAYJohnny Manziel spotted at Las Vegas casino on eve of season finaleThe posted photo included a location tag that placed Manziel in Avon, suggesting that despite his being seen in Las Vegas, he was here. Here at this house, with the Nissan in the driveway and the package from the Browns on the porch, where on an afternoon last week he just might be …“Johnny’s not home,’’ the man said of the quarterback who has managed to exasperate Browns fans, set social media ablaze with his off-field exploits and flip the old Tonight Show intro onto its head. Instead of “Heeere’s Johnny,’’ it’s “Wheeere’s Johnny?"Drinking champagne in Austin again? Wearing a blond wig and sporting a mustache at a Las Vegas casino again? Anywhere but the Browns facility where he was supposed to meet with the medical staff after being diagnosed with a concussion?“Am I concerned for him? Yes," Mark Smith, who coached Manziel at Kerrville Tivy (Texas) High, told USA TODAY Sports. “He’s a great kid and I really think he can do some great things. He’s got to figure that out on his own."Smith's concern has been shared by many in the past week, including LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers star who said the off-field hijinks are a "distraction," and then later in day dropped Manziel from his marketing agency.USA TODAYLeBron James' marketing agency cuts ties with Johnny ManzielIn addition to Manziel's whereabouts, the question facing the quarterback is whether he will be in Cleveland much longer. The Browns fired general manager Ray Farmer and coach Mike Pettine hours after the final game of a 3-13 season and are embarking on another rebuilding process, one many fans would like to see without Manziel.In the past, he had the help of a mentor. Julius Scott, the offensive coordinator when Manziel played at Kerrville Tivy, moved to Avon from Texas last spring to provide Manziel guidance. Scott lived with Manziel for about three months after Manizel finished a 10-week stay in rehab for an undisclosed substance abuse issue.Now Manziel lives with Bryan Chase, a high school teammate from Texas who answers the front door. He declined to answer questions about Manziel’s trip to Las Vegas. But last week, after Manziel was seen playing pool one night at a nearby Dave & Buster's restaurant, Chase grinned and said, “It was a good time.’’Visible through the open front door of Manziel’s house was a box from the winery “KLINKER BRICK,’’ the same box pictured in photos TMZ published last week showing Manziel buying the case of wine. It was something that might have unsettled Scott, the offensive coordinator-turned-mentor.In September, Scott predicted Manziel would have “a great recovery.’’ But in October, Scott said he was worried after learning Manziel had started drinking again.Scott discovered as much when police released a report in October stating Manziel had acknowledged drinking alcohol before an argument with his girlfriend. The argument led police to pull over the car in which Manziel was driving and his distressed girlfriend was in the front passenger seat. Now Scott said he is unavailable for comment, but others offered their thoughts on Manziel and his escapades.Cheryl Houston, a manager at Heinen’s Grocery Store where Manziel bought the case of Klinker Brick wine, confirmed that Manziel shops there and sounded understanding.“He’s still a child,’’ she said. “How old is he, 21, 22?”Manziel is now 23, and next season will be his third since the Browns took him with the 22nd pick of the 2014 NFL draft and signed him to a four-year, $8.25 million contract. The dividends:In two seasons, he has played in 14 games, has started eight games — in which the team went 2-6 — has completed 57% of his passes (147-of-258 for 1,675 yards) and has thrown for seven touchdowns (rushed for another) and seven interceptions. He also has staged a circus that has kept TMZ and news media outlets busy.But Browns fans appear to view Manziel less as the circus ringmaster than a clown.“It’s a joke,’’ said John “Big Dawg’’ Thompson, the famed Browns fan. “Nobody even wants him in Cleveland.’’USA TODAYBrowns' QB Johnny Manziel cited for expired license platesAs much Manziel’s trip to Vegas appeared to incense Browns fans, what compounded the anger is Manziel — inactive for the regular-season finale because he’d been placed on the league’s concussion protocol — skipped the team’s last game and failed to meet with medical personnel that morning.Mark Wyman, an electrician in suburban Cleveland, struck a common sentiment last week when he and two friends bought Powerball tickets and he said they’d already agreed what to do with the winnings.“We’re going to buy the Browns and immediately release Johnny Manziel,’’ he said with a smirk.Michael Dean Perry, a star defensive tackle with the Browns from 1989 to 1994, said he doesn’t think the Powerball plan is necessary. Perry said it it appears it’s time for the Browns to acknowledge Manziel will never fulfill their hopes, never meet their expectations and take the job seriously as long as he’s playing in Cleveland.“It looks like they’ve exhausted every option,’’ Perry told USA TODAY Sports. “It may take the Cleveland Browns to say, “Hey, you know what, we’re cutting ties with you.’ And maybe that’s what he wants.’’What does Manziel want? It’s hard to get that question answered before answering the first one: “Wheeere’s Johnny?’’Later in the week, five newspapers in plastic sleeves were piled on his front lawn as if to give the appearance he was out of town. Closer inspection revealed all of the newspapers were the same Jan. 8 edition.Manziel’s high school buddy answered the door, said he would ask Manziel if he was willing to talk and later reemerged.“It’s just not something that he’s prepared to do at the time,’’ he said.Thompson, the rabid Browns fan who wore a dog mask to games for 25 years, said his own struggles with alcohol give him a unique perspective."It’s sickness,’’ Thompson said, suggesting no matter where Johnny Manziel might actually be— Las Vegas, Cleveland, points unknown — the polarizing quarterback is lost.It is weird that he is staging newspapers to make it look like he isn't home, but it is even weirder that this reporter is stalking him. Let him be.
Zombo
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Johnny has become a real life Kenny Powers
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Let me make some calls. I'm sure there will be some part time medial work for him. I'd say full time but JM doesn't have time for a job right now, he's busy. Maybe a glory hole in a dark truckstop bathroom?Zombo said:
Good to know.
He's a very mediocre NFL Quarteback and an absolutely horrible Cleveland Brown.
Can someone in town get him a job?
Zombo
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Let me make some calls. I'm sure there will be some part time medial work for him. I'd say full time but JM doesn't have time for a job right now, he's busy. Maybe a glory hole in a dark truckstop bathroom?
there it is again...i see a pattern lol.
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But they spent 100,000 to find out Bridgewater was better. I could have told them for free to take Carr. (Wanted Bortles) So anything discussed about the draft is speculation. Haslam is clueless about talent. He worked for the Steeleres didn't he? Now he's hired a human computer and a baseball genius to fix the mess he created.
Any potential Head Coach they interview must be on board with Haslam's New Unconventional Approach. And Sashi Brown having final say of the 53 man roster.
Who will it be?
But they spent 100,000 to find out Bridgewater was better. I could have told them for free to take Carr. (Wanted Bortles) So anything discussed about the draft is speculation. Haslam is clueless about talent. He worked for the Steeleres didn't he? Now he's hired a human computer and a baseball genius to fix the mess he created.
Any potential Head Coach they interview must be on board with Haslam's New Unconventional Approach. And Sashi Brown having final say of the 53 man roster.
Who will it be?
you could have told him to take Carr? what if i told you if you are wrong you owe me a million dollars and i'll kill your family, you still gonna dole out haphazard advice so readily? just so no one gets excited there's no truth to this, it 's just an example to show everyone's an expert in hindsight when there's nothing on the line. fwiw i wanted Carr too...but i wasn't positive.
Haslam never worked for the Steelers, he owns part of their team. just about as opposite a statement as you can get.
how did he create this mess? is he clairvoyant?
Sashi Brown may have the final say on the roster--on paper--but he reports directly to Haslam so read between the lines. Haslam learned from the mistake of his previous hierarchy. now he has built in veto ability--smart. and progressive taboot!
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Everybody. Calm. The. Fuck. Down.
John Manziel is going to grow up. If he doesn't so the fuck what. Have you guys ever thought that maybe the media and other teams fans are the ones that start tearing him down, then you guys start to do so as well. Ever think maybe everyone just wants to get Manziel to a better team and will blow shit way out of proportion to see that it happens.
Look, I could care less about the guy, I wanted us to draft Carr and Mack and we would have been miles ahead of where we are. Tyrann Mathieu was a guy I begged you guys for and we took fucking whatever his name was right before the Cardnails to Mathieu, now he's a probowler.
All because you guys cried about character concerns. Let the guy live his life how he wants, as long as he wins us game I don't care what he does. For all those who scream, "but he's a role model"... give me a break, if that kid is your kids role model, you fucked up. Parents are the role model. Who cares if he tweets, drinks or fucks in the streets? As long as he puts a W in the win column and produces on offense what is the problem.
Manziel is under contract, he's going to ball football next year. He might have the highest ceiling of any QB we've drafted since '99. He didn't have Gordon or any big target besides Barnidge to throw to. Lets see what he can make happen next year with a rejuvenated Josh Gordon and a few more pieces to go with more experience and knowing going into the season that he's the guy. Give him that for fucks sake. We've dicked the kid around for two years and gotten to see nothing.
If I'm the coach I give Manziel the reigns with two huge targets at wide receiver, a speedy and sure handed slot guy, two viable and reliable TEs, an all-pro line and a running back that can carry a team. I give him that and then tell him "be yourself". Then I evaluate at the end of the season and based on what he did and didn't do, I either re-sign him long term and have found our franchise QB or I find one in the draft. He's either the guy or we still have to find the guy. Let's see if we have him or not. Have a little faith and judge not lest ye be judged.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. -Mark Twain- "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." -Mark Twain- -
Everybody. Calm. The. Fuck. Down.
John Manziel is going to grow up. If he doesn't so the fuck what. Have you guys ever thought that maybe the media and other teams fans are the ones that start tearing him down, then you guys start to do so as well. Ever think maybe everyone just wants to get Manziel to a better team and will blow shit way out of proportion to see that it happens.
Look, I could care less about the guy, I wanted us to draft Carr and Mack and we would have been miles ahead of where we are. Tyrann Mathieu was a guy I begged you guys for and we took fucking whatever his name was right before the Cardnails to Mathieu, now he's a probowler.
All because you guys cried about character concerns. Let the guy live his life how he wants, as long as he wins us game I don't care what he does. For all those who scream, "but he's a role model"... give me a break, if that kid is your kids role model, you fucked up. Parents are the role model. Who cares if he tweets, drinks or fucks in the streets? As long as he puts a W in the win column and produces on offense what is the problem.
Manziel is under contract, he's going to ball football next year. He might have the highest ceiling of any QB we've drafted since '99. He didn't have Gordon or any big target besides Barnidge to throw to. Lets see what he can make happen next year with a rejuvenated Josh Gordon and a few more pieces to go with more experience and knowing going into the season that he's the guy. Give him that for fucks sake. We've dicked the kid around for two years and gotten to see nothing.
If I'm the coach I give Manziel the reigns with two huge targets at wide receiver, a speedy and sure handed slot guy, two viable and reliable TEs, an all-pro line and a running back that can carry a team. I give him that and then tell him "be yourself". Then I evaluate at the end of the season and based on what he did and didn't do, I either re-sign him long term and have found our franchise QB or I find one in the draft. He's either the guy or we still have to find the guy. Let's see if we have him or not. Have a little faith and judge not lest ye be judged.
All because you guys cried about character concerns. Let the guy live his life how he wants, as long as he wins us game I don't care what he does. For all those who scream, "but he's a role model"... give me a break, if that kid is your kids role model, you fucked up. Parents are the role model. Who cares if he tweets, drinks or fucks in the streets? As long as he puts a W in the win column and produces on offense what is the problem.
He doesn't win games....so your argument is pretty worthless.
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