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Johnny Manziel

Johnny Manziel

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2017 — 2018
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Jimbo Fisher is a massive upgrade for Texas A&M

[Jimbo Fisher] is a big deal for us. It had been in the works for what seemed like a year and a half... I think we were ready for a little bit of a change and a guy who doesn't happen a lot where you get a coach that leaves from a national championship contending team and goes to a team that wants that.

While initially promising, Fisher was eventually fired in 2023 with a massive buyout after failing to deliver the championships Manziel mentions.
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Drake is laying low following the Pusha T beef and will likely return with a response

[Drake] could use a friend right now. I wouldn't say he's dead. I would say he's probably laying low... I definitely feel in his defense that something was either made or another track was either made in the process and something is like—you've got to look at it as a business too. Is it even worth kind of replying back to Pusha T?

Drake never released a formal 'diss track' response to Pusha T, reportedly at the urging of J. Prince and Kanye West, making Manziel's 'track in the works' theory ultimately incorrect in terms of release.
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The Cleveland Browns will be an exciting team this season with Baker Mayfield

Cleveland might be one of the most exciting teams in football this year just because they've got so much going on and then they get Baker potentially... If they go 7-9 this year versus, but if they go 2-14, it's kind of as expected.

The 2018 Browns were extremely exciting, featuring on 'Hard Knocks' and finishing 7-8-1, a massive improvement.
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I will start at least one more game in the NFL

In my personal opinion, of course, I'm a little biased, but I would say [I'll have over one more NFL game start]. I know it's not the easiest way back for me... but just where I'm at and where I feel my mindset is, that's my goal at the end of the day is to get back there and be able to run out on the field as a starter again.

Johnny Manziel never played in the NFL again after his 2015 season with the Browns.
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I won't ever return to the Cleveland Browns

I would think not [to giving Cleveland another shot]. We've been down that path. We've seen it... I just don't see what the benefit would be to go back and try and do it all over again... if anything, that bridge is probably still flaming a little bit.

He never returned to the Browns.
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The NCAA is the biggest racket in the world

I think the NCAA is the biggest racket, like, in the entire world, right? There's nothing as, like, as viewed, as watched as, like, college sports are... for me to be a nice guy and go out and sign a lot of autographs and they get turned around and sold, what did I really do wrong?

Subjective opinion, though NIL rules eventually changed in 2021 to allow athletes to profit.
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I will play on a football field somewhere this year

I can sit here and say that I will be back on a football field this year. I cannot fucking wait to do it. I have a guaranteed contract offer where I will be able to play somewhere this year.

Manziel did return to the football field in 2018, signing with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL and later being traded to the Montreal Alouettes.
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Vince McMahon will have to walk back the XFL's 'no criminal record' rule

I think he's going to have a very, very hard time finding eight teams or nine teams... with football players that don't have at least something on their record. I would be hard-pressed to find what the percentage of people in the NFL are that have... any criminal past... I feel like you might have to walk that stance back.

The XFL 2020 did eventually loosen its public stance on 'moral' requirements to fill rosters.
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I would like to pursue coaching if my playing career ends

I'd want to be involved in sports in some way, whether it's coaching, whether it's doing something like that. So I think that'd be my route.

While Manziel has stayed around sports via media (e.g., his podcast, documentaries), he has not officially coached in the NFL or college since this statement.

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