AN EDITED VERSION OF THIS PIECE APPEARS IN THE SPORTS SECTION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES ON MAY 1, 2016
("In Manziel, a Draft Machine's Human Cost")
("In Manziel, a Draft Machine's Human Cost")
You can see the ghosts of Ryan Leaf, Art Schlicter and Todd
Marinovich if you look closely enough.
The one time shining star, burnt
out. A self destruction playing out in front of our eyes.
Johnny Manziel is not the last, just the latest high priced over hyped commodity to fail.
There is almost no bigger hero in sport than the successful NFL quarterback and the converse is equally true.
For a league where it seems everything
is super sized, the demise of the diminutive Mr. Manziel is now a
larger than life cautionary tale.
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