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Just saw that the Browns benched J. Manziel for off-field antics.
Apparently some youtube videos surfaced. :eek:
Good thing such a item wasn't around during the Bobby Layne, and Don Meridath days.
Please forgive any spelling errors, it's been awhile since I have thought of those two NFL greats
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Apparently some youtube videos surfaced. :eek:
Good thing such a item wasn't around during the Bobby Layne, and Don Meridath days.
Please forgive any spelling errors, it's been awhile since I have thought of those two NFL greats
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Yep, Magee was still scatilogically visaged when the Pack took the field for S.B. 1 Hornung's and Magee's antics were legendary and ended up getting Hornung suspended from the league.
George Carlin
- George Orwell
Yeah, his parents moved to my hometown for for his senior year in highschool, so he would be a great player on a smaller team- giving him a better chance to stand out and get picked up by one of the big football factory collegees. It worked.
Don't get me wrong. He was a great player. but his parents copywrited the term "Johnny Football" before he was picked up by A&M. That way if A&M ever tried to use that phrase on a t-shirt, etc... they would have to pay his family for it. This was a plan the family had worked for a LONG time.
Hate to see him flame out in the pros- it would be awesome to get a good hometown hero out there. But it looks like he is going down the road of Vince Young.
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Jerry
For the most part, no. 'Johnny Football' has had issues for some time now...this is just SSDD. It is a shame to see fellas that have the world by it's collective backside throwing away opportunities like this, though. It isn't unique to sports, though. Plenty of other folks doing the same stuff. When they do it, it just doesn't make the headlines.
George Carlin
Max McGee was from White Oak Texas, right down the road from my town of birth, Atlanta, TX. My uncle, my dad's younger brother played high school football against him. But yeah, Hornung and Max may have been slight problem children, to say the least. Throw in Layne, and Snake Stabler into the mix, but they were nothing like the drug heads of today. Back then when they played for a glass of beer and a baloney sandwich the coach had some stroke over them because they weren't held in as high esteem and spoiled or paid a king's ransom like todays Premadonnas and when somebody broke the rules they stood out like a sore thumb in those days. Hell today probably 50% of em are screwups off the field. Hell the Owners and coaches probably have cricks in their necks from trying to turn their heads away so they don't see all their shenanigans. But I tell you this, come game day Hornung and Magee, and Snake, Layne, and Meredith all put out and did what they had to to win and earn that baloney sandwich and beer. Even with their off the field antics, I loved those guys and they were still great role models.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
One thing about Johnny Football, he was so young when he made the big time He just didn't have enough life experience to know how to handle himself. He had talent out the Gazoo. It's like a 12 year old kid driving a full house Corvette. He don't know how to deal with all that Horsepower.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Yeah but for different reasons. Vince's big problem is that he couldn't accept the fact that he just wasn't a pro quarterback. He had bookoo talent and could have done a hundred other things and been a great pro too, but when they tried to tell him they wanted to move him to a different position, he said, I'm a quarterback! He could have been one hell of a running back or even a tight end. He was big enough to be a lineman. He was talented enough to play almost any position. He was maybe one of the greatest college players ever. He put Texas back on the map. But he just wasn't a pro quarterback. But I don't think he was ever an arrogant problem child like Manziel.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
If Dallas can get Manziel for the right price, don't be surprised if you see him wearing a star on his helmet. With a couple of years grooming behind a veteran, all-star QB and a good program to keep him in line, maybe he can turn his life around and become a real NFL caliber quarterback.
One last thing. The Browns have a lousy track record of developing QB talent. Look at how many high draft picks they've blown on highly rated college quarter backs. Unless I'm mistaken, Bernie Kozar was the last decent QB they've had. Something's amiss in the Cleveland when it comes to developing quarterbacks.
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