The location was different, but the criticism was the same, Merrill Hoge doesn’t think much of Johnny Manziel at all.
The former Steelers running back and ESPN analyst blasted Manziel this morning no Sports Center, and said “whoever drafter the former Heisman Trophy winner should be fired.”
“[W]hoever drafted him in Cleveland, they need to be fired,” Hoge said on ESPN, via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Because it’s unfair to the kid. He has sixth-round talent but first-round hype, and you draft him there and now regardless of what happens from here on out, he will be expected to play like a first-rounder and that’s unfair to him.
“He doesn’t have the skill set to withstand that expectation and that’s not his fault, it’s the Cleveland Browns’ for drafting him that high.”
Hoge continued with the narrative that this will be a quick and painful ending.
“This will be the saddest, quickest ending we have seen in quite some time,” Hoge said in September, via Cabot. “It’ll be like a Tim Tebow.”
It’s just one game for Manziel, but the noise will get louder if he doesn’t play better.