Like you were about LeBron?
What was I wrong about with LeBron?
Never believed any of that, for a second.
I know I'll rile people up and that is not my intention, I'm just saying I didn't believe it. I absolutely do believe, however, that if this were another rookie QB and he was struggling like Manziel in a preseason game, it'd be damage control. "He'll be fine" "It's just preseason!" "You guys are freaking over a preseason game? O. M. G!" etc etc.
I was one of those people. And I'm still cheering like hell for him to succeed. You're just off-base here.
Rooting for him doesn't mean forgetting our concerns with him as a prospect. I wouldn't be concerned about Bortles struggling in the preseason because I don't have NEARLY as many concerns about his NFL QB skills. Manziel is showing things that many of us were concerned about pre-draft which is extremely worrying.
I would kill for Johnny to be a beast for us. His personality and image is far more fun than someone like Bortles...and sports are entertainment. But that doesn't mean I'm going to look past his many deficiencies.
Johnny detractors are going to be very frustrated if the kid comes out and flops just like we predicted. Rooting for him has no effect on that.
I agree with everything you said keys and by no means am i trying to make you look bad but the drive johnny flicked them off, didnt we score a touchdown? I am not saying that makes it better I am honestly trying to remember the order of events.
I think it was, and if you believe quarterbacks getting into trash talk wars to be a good thing, you have a lot to learn. They are the cerebral leaders of the offense. Leave that stuff to your tackles.
Washington's Ryan Clark shared the alleged impetus for Manziel's obscene Monday night gesture.
Johnny Manziel flipped off the Washington bench in front of the entire nation on Monday night, and the only explanation he provided for the deliriously excited throng of reporters in his postgame presser was a vague statement that "words were exchanged." Thanks to Washington safety Ryan Clark, we now know what those words were.
"I can tell you what the statement was that set him off. The statement was ... This isn't college anymore and these people are faster than you are," Clark said Tuesday morning on ESPN's Mike and Mike. "He didn't like it. That was me cleaning up the statement but that's pretty close to what it was."
To be honest, that sounds pretty tame, even with the assumed expletives removed. It's safe to assume that Manziel has heard his fair share of trash talk over the last two-plus years, and there has to have been some more creative material than that.
In any event, the Washington players got an expected kick out of Manziel's response.
"It was hilarious," said linebacker Brian Orakpo, who mocked Manziel's patented money gesture to celebrate a first-half sack. "We were messing with him a little bit, just saying this ain't college and stuff like that. We were having a little fun. Manziel flipped us off. It was something funny. We were all laughing on the sidelines."
http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/8/19/6044647/johnny-manziel-flip-off-ryan-clark-brian-orakpo
How often do Philip Rivers and Tom Brady get openly laughed at by the opponent due to poor performances?