Johnny Manziel is used to the world turning on him, so the outrage over his middle finger towards the Redskins bench will not shock him.
After admitting he wasn’t ready to start at quarterback for the Browns and amid reports that the Browns would like to avoid starting him early on, the rest of the sports world has decided to pile on.
Boomer Esiason of CBS Sports Boomer and Carton, told his listeners this morning that “Manziel will get his ass kick if he starts vs. the Steelers” in week one.
“I’m telling you right now, he is not even remotely close to being ready,” WFAN co-host Boomer Esiason said at the top of Tuesday’s show. “If he opened as the starting quarterback in Pittsburgh in Week 1, he would get his a– kicked. And his a– would be driven into the ground. Because I’m telling you, other teams hate this guy. Hate him.”
Esiason didn’t finish there either. He continued to rip Manziel.
“I saw it from the Detroit Lions. I saw it last night from the Washington Redskins,” he said. “And I’m telling you, those linebackers for the Pittsburgh Steelers are just praying to God that (Manziel) plays in Week 1. And if I were (Cleveland head coach) Mike Pettine, I would have to have my head examined to put that kid on the field. He is not even close to being ready.”
Tell us something we already didn’t know Boomer. The Steelers have left many a quarterback frazzled and laying in their wake.
Manziel won’t be the first or the last.