Let me start by saying the NFL regular season ended some 36 hours or so ago, and it officially ended a week before for Johnny Manziel after he suffered a hamstring injury.
Johnny Manziel is 22-years-old and I understand that most other NFL quarterback who didn’t qualify for the playoffs probably packed up their families and headed off for a vacation.
Manziel himself, hours after receiving scathing criticism for partying the night before the final walk through, headed to South Beach.
According to the Plain Dealer, Manziel had what is described as a “crazy night” in the land of the young, rich and wild.
Manziel broke no rules, did nothing wrong and posted this picture of him and his lady enjoying the beautiful weather.
“Good vibes with great people,” was Manziel’s caption.
Manziel is having a blast right now, and you know what, he could get hammered every night without having to brag about it on social media.
None of those other guys I mentioned a few paragraphs up, entered the NFL with fanfare of Johnny Football.
Here are Manziel’s stats for his rookie season:
175 yards on 18-of-35 passing, to go along with 29 rushing yards and a touchdown on nine attempts. He failed to throw a touchdown pass in five appearances, and was intercepted twice.
Those numbers don’t deem Johnny Maniel worthy of his Nike contract right now, yet alone worthy of constantly thumbing his nose up at the request of his team. Manziel’s GM, Ray Farmer went on record today, saying that the Browns will have to accept the fact that Manziel is going to have a huge presence on social media.
That’s fine it’s a free country, but Manziel could actually make more noise by simply disappearing for a while.
Johnny is known as an endless worker when its time to grind anyway. So why not continue to grind it out, while sliding away from the limelight as you focus on perfecting your craft.
Have you ever heard of Peyton Manning or Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers or Drew Brees or Andrew Luck or Russell Wilson or Tony Romo pulling any of Manziel’s antics? None of those men conducts themselves in the manner of Manziel, and they have credentials that would get them a pass.
If even if we use quarterbacks in a similar age group, that’s not the way Cam Newton, Marcus Mariota, Derek Carr, or Blake Bortles conduct themselves.
I just described the work habits of 10 different men, all coming from different backgrounds, cultures and ethnic background.
The one thing all those men have in common is there desire to be great, while doing it a certain way. It’s not too much to ask from young Johnny Manziel either.
If he wants to be great and represent that Heisman Trophy in the proper manner, then he needs to get to work. Manziel may simply be content with being the overhyped bust that flames out of the NFL in four years but doesn’t care because his family has money to fall back on.
That’s all great as well. Just tell us that Johnny, so we can move on to scrutinizing an athlete worth making this big a fuss over.