Johnny Manziel texted Cleveland Coaching Staff: "Hurry up and Draft Me"

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During his mini-draft slide, Johnny Football apparently got bored waiting around the Green Room, and was talking to the Cleveland QB Coach. According to Coach Loggains:

“We’re sitting there and they keep showing Johnny on TV and Johnny and I are texting and he shoots me a text and he says, ‘I wish you guys would come get me. Hurry up and draft me because I want to be there. I want to wreck this league together.’ “When I got that text, I forwarded it to the owner and to the head coach [Mike Pettine]. I’m like ‘this guy wants to be here. He wants to be part of it.’ As soon as that happened, Mr. Haslam said, ‘pull the trigger. We’re trading up to go get this guy.”’

Is this the first time someone has been excited to go to Ohio?

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pdgoblue25

May 16th, 2014 at 4:01 PM ^

If they drafted him at 4 it would have been batshit crazy, but at 22?  I think at 22 it's worth the risk, but I still didn't want him only because I think he will get hurt.  They're going to cover our pre-season games like it's the fucking super bowl now.

I feel bad for Hoyer, because I have a love/hate relationship with our fans.  Listening to local radio after a loss, or the draft, is unbearable.  As soon as Hoyer has a bad throw they're going to be on him.  The one thing going for him is that he's a local, so that will buy him some time that he deserves.

If it's true that we drafted him because our sack of shit owner said to, then I absolutely hate this pick.  Football people should be making football decisions.

I could care less about Manziel being an asshole, there are plenty of assholes in the NFL who have success.  Everyone can't be Peyton Manning.  If he plays like he played in college he will get hurt, and that's why I did not want him.