Mike McDaniel Sheds Light on ‘Hairy’ Johnny Manziel Situation With Browns

Former Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel, according to Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, was a disaster waiting to happen for the Cleveland Browns.

He not only guided the Aggies to an 11-2 record in 2012 and a resounding victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in the Cotton Bowl, but he also made history by becoming the first freshman to ever win the Heisman Trophy.

But in the NFL, that success was not repeated, and Manziel ended up being one of the biggest busts in league history.
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And according to Mike McDaniel, head coach of the Miami Dolphins, a sizable portion of the staff in Cleveland, where Manziel worked, saw it coming.
McDaniel served as an assistant there during Manziel’s time there.

“At that time, I made an effort to stay in my lane.
On The Pivot Podcast, McDaniel said, “It was kind of a hairy situation.
Whether or not that draft pick, to use an example, had coherent thought was in question.
Consequently, we were aware of what it was, and at the time, the message was more along the lines of “See.”.
“There, it was a wild time.”.
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The aspirations to play professional football quickly vanished after he was drafted due to his partying ways and running a paid autograph business while attending Texas A&M; in his Netflix documentary Untold: Johnny Football, Manziel even admits that he did not watch a single minute of film.
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Manziel uttered the word “zero” in the film.
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McDaniel added support to that assertion.
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McDaniel referred to the moment Manziel logged into his film tablet by saying, “I was there and I was getting the reports of zero.”.
That is true. “.

In addition, Manziel claimed that he was never going to be able to be a good quarterback at that point in his career even though he was “supposed” to understand the morals and obligations of an NFL player at the time.
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Manziel claimed, “I was incapable of being a good NFL quarterback, regardless of where I was at, what team, or wherever I was in life at that point in time.
“You’re supposed to know better when you reach that point and that time.
But when it came down to it, I was a football team-loving frat boy.
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