Signing(s): Johnny Manziel signs with Hamilton (CFL)...then traded to MTL...now released

[Kyle McMahon]

CFL fans are ridiculous. Your teams would not beat a top level NCAA program, like Alabama or Ohio State. They have at least a dozen future early round NFL picks plus many lower level guys that are still on par and better than most CFL players.

Many NCAA players forego playing in the CFL because the league doesn't pay well enough, very few players ever make the jump from the CFL to the NFL (so any potential appeal as a springboard league isn't really there), and/or they simply don't want to live in Canada.

Manziel is certainly rusty, but I guarantee after a few weeks he'll be running around like he's back at A&M, looking somewhat like he did in college. Because that's the level of talent he's surrounded by.

You were saying...

 

[DanielPlainview]

Clearly overestimated his maturity and work ethic. He doesn't seem to have the capacity to learn

 

[keonsbitterness]

Manziel joins Terry Baker, Andre Ware, Eric Crouch, and Troy Smith as Heisman winning QBs who played in the CFL and did nothing. Doug Flutie should disown them all.

 

[GKJ]

Vince McMahon is very excited about this

 

[MAHJ71]

Time to use his degree from Texas A&M?

Or did he never graduate?

 

[SlickShot]

Johnny can't handle big balls

 

[inthe6ix]

Any leaks yet on the real reason he was released?

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Clearly overestimated his maturity and work ethic. He doesn't seem to have the capacity to learn

He was significantly less mature back in college, basically a drunk frat boy, yet won the Heisman as a freshman. Perhaps the level of talent in the CFL is just a teensy-weensy bit better than an NCAA team, afterall?

 

[Canes]

Time to use his degree from Texas A&M?

Or did he never graduate?

Doesn't matter, he's an Aggie so I'm sure he can get a sweet insurance or car salesman gig from an another Aggie alum.

 

[DanielPlainview]

Debatable. Winning the Heisman isn't a big deal. It seldom goes to the actual best player.

But no. The CFL talent level is not great.

 

[ORRFForever]

The CFL talent level is not great.

The CFL is terrific !

 

[keonsbitterness]

Any leaks yet on the real reason he was released?

Story is that he skipped out on drug testing and counselling.

 

[inthe6ix]

Story is that he skipped out on drug testing and counselling.

thanks, guess it was only a matter of time

easy out to the afl/xfl or whatever they call it nowadays

 

[shmglsky]

The CFL is terrific !

As Uncle Ambrosie said, on a top NCAA team 5 future NFL players would bust a lung trying to play in the CFL, 5 more players would be more physically suited to our game, 5... 6 or 7 could play in either. The rest neither.