I just got a chance to watch the game. Everyone I talked to told me that Johnny looked solid. After watching it for myself, I was very unimpressed. And what was unimpressive to me had nothing to do with him playing with the 2nd team. I'll watch it again in the morning, but I rate both QBs a "meh".
He had one errant throw out of 11. He could of been 10-11 with like a 100 yards if players like Krause or whatever would catch the football.
His scramble up the middle was impressive for about 15 yards.
His bootleg was interesting which was a 1st down.
way to be a downer chrisrich on one of the most epic qb battles of all time !
I think you're being too over critical Keys. Did he make the wrong read, or would the read have been fine if the TE didn't whiff his block? He might have missed the FB, but the fact still remains he ran for the first down and got it. I only noticed one time where he struggled to get the play off (ended up calling a TO), but that was because the play clock didn't reset like it should have. Are we really expecting perfection out of the kid in his first ever preseason game? Who calls the plays? I don't see how it's Manziel's fault 95% of the plays start with a read option.He also made the wrong call on his third down read option, missed an easy pass to the fullback for a first down to run it, and struggled at times to get the play off on time. I had the feeling Manziel was comfortable in the pistol but uncomfortable with formations new to him. When Detroit threw an all out blitz at Manziel's pistol and blew up West as soon as he touched the ball, I thought "This is what any defense should do when you know the play starts with a handoff read 95% of the time."
Maybe it's all apart of the plan.Man, people are being really tough on this guy. With our past rookie QBs I remember fans trying to talk themselves into the guy's play. Polar opposite now.