The Johnny Football saga continues. Not in a good way for the former Heisman trophy winner. The plan was simple for the troubled quarterback. It all sounds good in your head or on paper. Get your act cleaned. Then get back in the game. First two steps were good as Johnny Manziel headed North to Canada. The CFL to be exact and they had somebody that wanted him. The Hamilton Tiger Cats.  The Tiger Cats signed Johnny, I imagine for a insurance policy. Johnny could not get past Jeremiah Masoli on their depth chart and they traded him to Montreal. Johnny Football made 8 starts with Montreal to conclude the season.  The circus now officially has left Canada as the league cut ties with Johnny Manziel yesterday. What did he do this time as he tweeted out and thanks his coach and Alouette teammates ?  Will he come back to states and land on his feet in another football league?

It seem like such a long time ago when Johnny Manzeil  took the College gridiron by storm. He earned the nick name “Johnny Football” for what he did behind center for Texas A&M. He could run for big yards escaping the pressure of the defense. He had an arm where he could throw on the run. Everyone thought he had that ice water in his veins as he played QB with a chip on his shoulder and feared nothing as a leader on the field. Like a guy who had balls like Jim McMahon who said anything, did crazy stuff, but backed it up on the field. People think of Baker Mayfield of the Cleveland Browns who commands the huddle and leads with passion. People lumped Mayfield in the Manziel boat. Those people found out they were wrong.

Johnny Manzeil made sure the Browns drafted him in the first round. A phone call placed by Johnny Football during the draft sealed the deal. On the outside, Johnny Football played the part of a NFL quarterback. The Browns and what the GM of the Montreal Alouettes found out being involved in Johnny Football, was disappointment. Kavis Reed said that, while he informed everyone the league has cut ties with Johnny Manzeil. In Cleveland, Johnny ended up playing in the NFL for two seasons. He played in 15 games and started in 8 games. He even won a couple of games. He threw 7 TD’S.He had 7 picks while completing a little over half of his passes. He was improving. In the C.F.L about the same numbers – 5 TD passes and 7 Interceptions. Four of those interceptions were in his very first game in an Alouette uniform. You could say he was improving in that league.

Instead of ice water in his veins, Johnny Football probably had scotch flowing through his veins. He was a broken man inside his body, in his heart and his brain. To play in Canada ,Johnny Manzeil had regular testing. Drugs, substances and who knows what else. He had regular therapy sessions. We will not know at this time what Johnny Manzeil violated to get him kicked out of the league. Canada has privacy laws that say whatever he did to violate his contract, it will stay confidential. His father once said Johnny will not make it to his 24th birthday, the way he goes about life. Johnny Manzeil known for his substance abuse problems. Add domestic abuse into the situation. Dealing with the drink and beating up the old lady has created a closet full of demons for the former Heisman trophy winner. Throw in destroying some hotel rooms and you could say all of the above is what cost him his second chance in football.

If Johnny Manziel wants to ever make it back to the NFL, he will need another league to show his skills are improving. To show that he is a good citizen once again. People first will say the new spring league, the A.A.F. This league is already in progress. Plus it’s a league where they have a separate quarterback draft. Most players in the league are assigned to the cities they are from or closest to in the region. No brainer it would be the San Antonio Commanders since Manziel played at Texas A&M. He probably knows some of the players on the team. However they might be fine at quarterback since the season has it’s 4th week coming up. Is Arena Football still around?

Maybe the world needs a league where all the Misfits can play. Gather them all and put them on their own island. Like the island of Misfit Toys in Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer. You could say a prison league. Do guards and inmates actually square off these days? I would want Burt Reynolds as my head coach if we are going that direction. This league would have to go ‘beyond the thunderdome’ of  football. Like a fight club but for football. For Guys like Colin Kaepernick and Pac-man Jones. The ones that are hated or are complete busts and have personality issues. Where bad citizens can suit up in pads after drinking a case of whisky and play football. Could be the type of league like the video game of Mutant league football. Teams of outcasts formed across the states and are playing for blood money. A league where you can tell all the adoring fans, “HE HATE ME.” Maybe put those words on back of the jerseys. Maybe mix wrestling in with MMA and bring that to the game of football. Your wish is granted. Johnny Football will resurface in the XFL. Play for a team called the Bezerkos or the Rage. This will be his final chance if the great Johnny Football will ever be great in the pro game. Next Spring who will kneel first? Colin Kaepernick will always kneel way before victory formation. Manzeil versus Kaepernick in the ultimate death match in week one coming in 2020.