Lawrence Taylor is one of the best football players to ever play in the NFL, he’s also one of the biggest partiers as well. Anything Johnny is doing now LT did 3x over in the late-80s but Taylor wants Manziel to know that doesn’t fly in today’s game.
“With social media and all that stuff man, listen … Man, back in our day, if you didn’t hear it on Monday, motherf**ker you free!!! You free!!”
“You ain’t gotta worry about it if you don’t hear about it on Monday because listen, when I would do some sh*t … I’m just trying to get through Monday!”
He added, “But nowadays it’s 24-hour news. It’s 24-hour sports. It’s social media which kills ya.”
The best thing LT said came at the very end of the video:
“Listen, at the end of the day, you do what you gotta do to make what you gotta make to do what you wanna do. So listen, after that … f*ck it.”
In a round about way LT is telling Manziel that generating an income and securing his future trumps all of the partying. If you have to stop partying to play in the NFL and make NFL money then so be it. There will be plenty of time to spend that NFL cash partying after things turn around.