Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M QB) vs Duke, 2013 Chick-Fil-A Bowl 

your also adding like 10,000 fans going for houston and the money from tshirts and stuff! you would be dumb not to pick him

It would be a terrible idea, with the number one pick you take the #1 player, Johnny isn't that.

Austin Ewing ur wrong

ha

Clowney 2016--Pro Bowl Manziel 2016--Unemployed drunk

Lol

People liked Favre...

That's not true at all.

Aged well

ha again. love reading these idiotic comments by uneducated football fans. been calling him as a bust since day one. no work ethic, no talent, no football future. entitled pos

+Indy Son and this season he has showed he can start at the NFL level, you were wrong, he has shown work ethic in improving so yeah

+Indy Son i'm with u man can't believe some people even still believe he can do good

WetBread welp it’s been forever ⏳… and unmmmmm… 🤨

Oh yeah?

Exactly, people were all crazy about it when the jump and everything wasn't even needed. Could have just stayed there and thrown it to him right away. Try to do that in the NFL and he'd get destroyed.

Yeah, no patience in the pocket. Texans should go for Teddy

Austin Ewing your both dead wrong

How? Explain. The receiver was open before the throw. Johnny could have stood in the pocket without all the theatrics and still made the throw.

Austin Ewing no your wrong about Johnny. Your right about that play, but your wrong that Johnny wont be successful.

This comment did not age well

nnoopppee

lol

True

Years later …? 😂🤭

DrGanja99 yeah I do see more steve young

Very similar to Eric Crouch, but with a passer's touch. Bitter that the NFL couldn't get him to a special head coach like a Tony Dungy. Would love to see Manziel duel it out with Pat Mahomes

Of the four passing touchdowns in this particular game Johnny hit Travis Labhart three times and Derel Walker once. Did you even watch? Yeah, Mike Evans was his go to receiver during the year. Why would he not throw to his best receiver? In 2012 it was Ryan Swope instead of Evans, and they put up similar numbers.

Its the fact that they are giving johnny all of the credit. All he did was throw jump balls and Evans was always there.

No ones giving Johnny all the credit. Evans got drafted higher than he did. And again, watch the video, Evans recorded 0 touchdowns in this game.

Cory Nelson So compare Manziel's aire time to Evans, and It should not matter that Manziel is a QB. I have Literally heard Evans name at least 5 times on NFL Network. 

Femi Daniel ..Dude, without Johnny, maybe Evans don't get near the receptions that he got, last year or the year before. If Winston was the QB for A&M, A&M wouldn't have even made it to a bowl game. And seriously....You open your big mouth, and you make it sound like that Evans made every damn reception, during the season, and also had over 4100 yards in reception. Yes, Evans is a good security blanket, but what great QB doesn't have a security blanket? Have you even watched ONE A&M game? If you had, you would know how stupid you look, right now. Quit getting your opinions off of youtube highlights and those ESPN clowns. You look like a complete idiot, when you do.

+yoo cham they

+Thomas Hicks he didn't suck in the nfl he got in trouble more but if the Browns didn't give him so much space and be more strict he could've been on of the best

His off the field issues will keep teams from signing him. His play on the field was pretty good for a 2nd year QB on arguably the worst offensive team in the NFL. You didn't watch the games if you think he's a bust.

Jo ey how can't you hate trash that is johnny arena football league football

Hey good one buddy. must have taken a lot of thought.

wrong

+parnell saint preux nope it's right look at it now manziel is a complete bust

+Thomas Hicks Bridgewater had the better team, no one can debate that...Anyone will look good playing with Adrian Peterson. The Browns are positively the most trash Organization within the NFL.

***** I don't care anymore and manziel would be that good if he went to rehab. That ain't my fault

why wouldnt you want to be every play? dude sucks

I mean if he sucks then why did he get a Heisman Trophy

He can make plays occasionally, but he tucks and runs too often, He's either gonna get destroyed or be successful in the NFL.

yeah bcuz his defense was ranked like 109th in college football. so he had to put up 50 points a game to win. so he played risky and did things he shouldn't of. by the 11th or 12th game of the season against lsu he had a screwed up shoulder, knee, and thumb. hes does have a lot of hype, but is def not overrated, every SEC game except for 2 bcuz of injury he tore it up and no one could stop him, he destroyed Alabama both times. but his defense sucked the 2nd time. if anyones overrated its teddy bridgewater, or blake bortles. all their competition sucked. and all their recivers are wide the hell open 75% of the time with no pass rush. manziel gonna be good. I think he will play smart and grasp pocket passing. and not run so much, and get down if he does.

mike mcbride Manziel's instincts are by far his biggest problem as a prospect and will likely be the reason he fails at the next level, if he does(which I believe he will). Despite what people may say, it's pretty much proven that a player's instincts can't be coached/changed. If it was possible to coach this then we would see players, especially mobile QBs like Vick and RG3, improve over time. It just doesnt happen, if they haven't been able to change their instincts by the time they enter the NFL they likely never will. He often runs out of the pocket when he doesn't need to and this is usually out of the shotgun as well. Doing this is very bad as it eliminates almost the entire field and leaves him only with one or two targets, if they are in the same area he is running towards. He also refuses to throw the ball away, always trying to make a big play. Keep in mind that he did this in college, where every defense is very slow compared to the NFL and Manziel isn't very fast. If he and when he does this in the NFL it will lead to a lot of sacks, small gains and interceptions in the NFL. Another big problem is his accuracy. First of all, he isn't that accurate. A lot of his throws are underthrown, overthrown, behind, high or low whether the target is open or not. While he is capable of hitting his targets in stride or throwing them open it is still a rarity to see from Manziel. This a very bad sign for a QB prospect because in the NFL you don't have the luxury to make passes that are anything but in stride or throwing the the target open. You have to remember that he is playing in college, where DBs just arent any good. They are very slow, usually out of position and if they are in position they are almost never looking to make a play on the ball. That is not the case in the NFL, where just about any underthrown ball or pass that is behind the WR is picked off or deflected. When analyzing a QB in college to see how he will transition to the NFL you have to assume that a DB will always be in position to make a play on the ball, regardless of whether the DB in college is or isn't. Just because a pass is completed doesn't mean it was a good throw and having a high completion percentage in college is usually meaningless. It is not rare at all for a college QB to throw for a ton of yards at a very high completion percentage, with a ton of TDs and a small amount of INTs. Graham Harrell threw for 5705 Yards, 48 TDs, 14 INTs with a 71.8 Completion Percentage. He wasn't drafted. College stats are literally meaningless if you are trying to figure out if a QB is accurate or not. Manziel's decision making isn't that good either. Aside from what I already mentioned, how he creates problems for himself by taking off when there is no need and his refusal to throw the ball away, he will often throw it into what would be good/great coverage in the NFL but even worse is that he will carelessly throw the ball up for grabs. Some of this is his rather poor ability to read defenses, something that can be taught and some of this is his instincts, which likely wont change. Another concern is his footwork and throwing mechanics, which plays a big part in his accuracy. This can be improved but will take a lot of time to and it will not improve if he is playing because it has to become natural to him, he has to make this the way he throws when using his instincts. He is going to have to sit and be well coached for quite some time. There are two problems with this. First, will the team that drafts him start him right away or have a coach/front office fold under pressure from losing and secondly, will he be willing to sit on the bench for a year or two while he is likely on a team that is going nowhere without a QB? His off-field issues could come into play here as well. His height isn't a concern to me and his weight wouldn't be if he was willing to slide or throw the ball away. It's hard to tell if he has good pocket presence when he remains in the pocket because of how often he takes off, not to mention he had an amazing offensive line to protect him. He certainly is able to escape what should be sacks more than most college QBs but it's unknown if he will be able to do it against bigger, stronger, faster and smarter defenders in the NFL. In my opinion he shouldn't be drafted until the 4th Round at the earliest. Maybe he is worth a 3rd Round Pick to a team either with a need at QB and can't afford to pass on his potential or to a contender without many needs who has a great QB and coaching staff in place for him to develop. I don't believe he will get drafted in the 1st Round of the draft.

your overrated austin

it's one game

Not a chance, but yes, you can hope.

Didn't know completing 73% of his passes within the pocket and 70% overall completion rate was bad accuracy

Joshua Chapman Tim Tebow...

lgcfsr Was nowhere near 70%

Manziel completed 68% in his Heisman year and 69.9% his next year. 68.9% career completion. 63 TDs, 22 INTs. I'd say that's not bad accuracy

Pros don't care eat or be eaten thousand of men are waiting

I know. And the same NFL goes out of its way to help others in the same situation. I agree.

Thank god they didn't lol Cuz Texans are smart ;)

@@nodice100 well the Texans aren’t smart but they knew not to pick Manziel.

rodney reed you right B=est U=tilizer S=ince T=arkenton

Are you talking about those busts in Canton, Ohio?

Clowney >>>>>>>>>>>Manziel

***** Clowney = bust

+parnell saint preux they didn't

+rulyg80 Manziel = bust

+Thomas Hicks yeah, it's easy to say that now.

+Timothy Hart nope