Reading through their progressions or staying in the pocket under pressure are the two most difficult things to learn for rookie QB's who come from the college spread. Some make it, some don't. Russell Wilson is an extremely smart player and a very hard worker. So his learning curve was much shorter. I don't see Manziel as that type of worker, but only time will tell. The problem is you just don't hear about the Russell Wilson's and Andrew Luck's off field activities. Those players are very smart focused players. Manziel needs to join that club or he won't make it...period
I agree, but will that aspect improve if he's sitting out a year, or playing through it and learning in the fire, what he can and can't do? It's a tough question. If he's mentally tough enough to get through the lumps, he should probably play, but since Hoyer is the better QB now, he should start and Manziel should relieve him later in the season when/if the Browns are out of it or Hoyer is struggling.
Right now it's just a matter of not getting your QB killed before he even gets started. When you see Manziel lowering his head early to just get out of the play, it tells me that he has a pretty long ways to go. You didn't see Andrew Luck doing much of this in his first season in the NFL. Probably for two reasons. He came from a more conventional offense in college. And he was a mature 4 year player that had seen a lot of defensive sets by the time he went pro. Not so with Manziel. I suspect there will be much more of a learning curve with him.
Tonight shows how big of a difference a tenths of a percent on your 40 time is. It's the difference between someone like RG3 being able to breeze by defensive ends vs Johnny Manziel getting caught by a 2nd string D end. The Browns are going to struggle this year on offense no matter who plays QB. Especially if Johnny plays and Gordon is out the entire season. This is not college, his antics will not translate to the NFL, defenses are just too fast. And he's definitely not coming close to RG3 rookie numbers. It's hilarious some dude was trying to say he's as athletic as Michael Vick, lmao. Some people's kids.
Lol, even the Redskins know this. This was the comment that Manziel flipped them off for...
"I can tell you what the statement was that set him off," Redskins safety Ryan Clark told ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike" on Tuesday morning. "The statement was, 'This isn't college anymore and these people are faster than you are.' He didn't like it. And that was me cleaning up the statement. That's pretty much what it was."
"I can tell you what the statement was that set him off," Redskins safety Ryan Clark told ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike" on Tuesday morning. "The statement was, 'This isn't college anymore and these people are faster than you are.' He didn't like it. And that was me cleaning up the statement. That's pretty much what it was."
