The cover up is always bigger than the crime.
Manziel has to know that the NFL has Ex-FBI agents on payroll, no way he was going to be able to lie his way out of this, but he tried.
Days after earning the starting job for the remainder of the season, the Browns’ second-year quarterback was demoted to third string when video of him partying during the team’s bye week surfaced. And now there are multiple reports that Manziel lied to the Browns about the video — a move that ensured his fate.
According to Fox Sports, Manziel wasn’t honest with Browns brass about how old the video was. He apparently also asked friends to lie for him to aid in the cover up.
There were also reports that the Browns urged Manziel to stay close to the facility during the bye week and lay low.
But, lay low isn’t in Manziel’s vocabulary.