Despite NFL rumors of the Dallas Cowboys revisiting a one-year deal with troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel, he won’t be signing there.
Taking a chance on Johnny Manziel at this point might be more of a charity case than anything given his recent run-in with the law. Manziel has been rumored to be in talks with the Dallas Cowboys about a potential one-year deal, but that is all speculation right now, and nothing else.
According to David Hookstead of The Daily Caller, Jerry Jones is considering signing Johnny Football to a one-year deal.
The rumors came to surface after a recent article from The Gospel Herald, it’s all speculation right now and it bases the signing of Manziel rumor off the idea some people don’t feel Dak Prescott will be a serviceable backup quarterback.
What does this mean? Well, it basically means that this entire report is based off a site which isn’t known for covering sports is speculating.
No, Johnny Football probably won’t be back in the NFL any time soon. The article even states that Manziel has admitted he will probably not be able to make it back to the NFL without taking a route through the CFL or Arena Football League.
Although this has surfaced, no credible sources are reporting on this and it seems as if this is just someone blowing smoke right now.
Sure, it would create some major publicity opportunities for the Cowboys if they signed the hometown kid who was a Heisman winner a few years back and who has suffered through hardships following domestic violence charges and other miscellaneous incidents.
Manziel might be a better backup option than Prescott just because the latter is a rookie, but he brings more upside. Manziel had struggled on the field over the past two years, passing for 1,675 yards, seven touchdowns and seven interceptions while completing just 57 percent of his passes.
Prescott can also run and pass with more accuracy and he has a much more impressive NFL build. If the Cowboys are serious about potentially replacing an injured Tony Romo, they’d do so with a solid character individual like Prescott rather than Johnny Football.
Dallas would much rather protect its name after the Greg Hardy incident than add another guy with domestic violence on his rap sheet.
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