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| Johnny Manziel |
Johnny Football’s burgeoning nightmare in the green room was going to end with the Cowboys on the clock, of course it was. Of course Jerry Jones was going to save him on the night he became Johnny Freefall.
They were chanting “John-ny Foot-ball, John-ny Foot-ball” at Radio City, but Jones, with so much money invested in Tony Romo, ignored them, and grabbed offensive lineman Zack Martin of Notre Dame.
But Johnny Manziel had a safety net because Woody Johnson was on the clock at 18, and heavens to Favre and Tebow, we know how much the Jets owner craves stars and filling those PSLs.
Yup. Everyone was bracing for Johnny Jet.
And only a few months ago, it seemed like a fine idea. The Jets weren’t sold on Geno Smith, so why the hell not? But the signing of Michael Vick pours water on that idea.
The quarterback water is muddied and muddled enough with Smith versus Vick, and John Idzik and Rex Ryan needed defensive backs and a receiver and a tight end and a guard more than they needed turning the keys to the offense over to Johnny Football and the return of another circus.
Because unless you are all in on Johnny Football, unless you are willing to risk your job and reputation that Marty Mornhinweg can turn him into Johnny Super Bowl, you’d better pass, and not give up just yet on Smith.
And then it happened:
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